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As garbage ripens, Waste Management locks out 500 workers
July 13, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — As leftovers from July 4 barbecues festered in the hot summer sun, locked-out workers were on the picket line at garbage giant Waste Management here and in other San Francisco Bay Area communities...
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Bus drivers strike to keep heads above water
July 13, 2007LOS ANGELES — On the heels of a fare increase for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority comes a strike by coach operators for the neighboring Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). The drivers are represented...
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This decision will not stand
July 13, 2007NEA vows fight for integrated schoolsPHILADELPHIA — Some 9,000 National Education Association delegates wrapped up their four-day national assembly here in an upbeat mood, determined to continue their active opposition to the Bush education agenda. Among...
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Women unite vs. domestic violence
July 13, 2007PITTSBURGH — Domestic violence takes place behind drawn shades and frequently in front of children, who are often victims, and falls into the “dirty little secret” category of the law, where women’s voices and pleas fall...
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War toll mounts … White House panics as GOPers jump ship on Iraq
July 13, 2007WASHINGTON — Lawmakers returned to the capital from a July 4th recess with their constituents’ urgent demands for an end to the Iraq war still ringing in their ears. The pressure is so intense that Republican...
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