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Factory protesters: We’ll stay till we win
April 2, 2009Original source: Around 140 workers occupying a Belfast factory that has been earmarked for closure vowed on Wednesday to continue their protest until bosses stump up decent redundancy packages. Workers occupied the canteen after the 210...
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Obama honors César Chavezs birthday
April 2, 2009Original source: What a difference a year makes. While the Bush White House tried to thwart workers’ rights and all that the late César Chávez fought for, Barack Obama adopted Chávez’s rallying cry as his campaign...
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Chicago rallies for Employee Free Choice
April 2, 2009CHICAGO – Imagine the day when working people’s right to decide to join a union is guaranteed and protected by law. That day will come, many argue, when the Employee Free Choice Act is finally signed...
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Senate hearing urges job creation
April 2, 2009WASHINGTON—Leading economists told the Senate, Mar. 30, that more, not less federal funds are needed to create millions more jobs to pull the nation out of the deepest recession since the Great Depression. They warned that...
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U.S. and Russia reopen nuke talks as peace movement warns of NATO war danger
April 2, 2009The United States and Russia announced jointly April 1 that they are aiming to put a new nuclear arms treaty in place before the existing one expires in December. The announcement caused a dramatic stir at...
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