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As hog boss goes for the kill, workers unite for the fight
August 24, 2007Smithfield Packing employs 5,500 workers who slaughter and package the meat of 32,000 hogs a day at its sprawling plant in Tar Heel, a tiny town 80 miles south of Raleigh, N.C. The facility has become...
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Heeding the call of Elvira Arellano
August 24, 2007News AnalysisLOS ANGELES — Elvira Arellano stepped completely out of the shadows last week, seeking to galvanize the immigrant rights movement into emergency action. At stake is the fate of the nation’s 12 million undocumented immigrant...
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Fury and grief in Utah mining town
August 24, 2007The same day that Jocka Jones laid to rest her brother, who was killed trying to rescue six trapped Utah miners, officials of the Crandall Canyon Mine said it would soon be back in business. Choking...
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On 2nd anniversary of Katrina Gulf Coast needs a New Deal
August 24, 2007Eyewitness account NEW ORLEANS — Two years after his wife was swept away by Hurricane Katrina, Calvin Bernard still comes to sweep the slab and water the flowers where their house once stood in this city’s...
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Vets pledge fight for record-breaking peace
August 23, 2007ST. LOUIS — As the heat outside broke records, over 400 veterans and peace activists from across the country pledged to create “record breaking peace” at the 22nd Annual Veterans for Peace National Convention, held here...
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