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This strike belongs to all who believe in justice!
June 22, 2007CHICAGO — Four years after 150 employees walked off the job at the historic Congress Plaza Hotel to protest cuts in wages and health benefits, workers continue to picket, saying they are holding out for a...
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Gaza crisis tied to Israeli-U.S. policy
June 22, 2007With the crisis unfolding in Gaza and the West Bank, a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis is in jeopardy, Palestinian and Israeli progressives fear.
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Voters in Ontario, Canada, mull electoral reform
June 15, 2007ONTARIO, Canada — Ontario Province will hold a referendum on a new voting system when voters go to the polls here Oct. 10. The Ontario Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform is recommending a switch from the...
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Soldiers walk to end Iraq war
June 15, 2007COLUMBUS — “We’re here for those that can’t be here, for those who’d like to be, but are still in Iraq,” said Teresa Dawson, the Central Ohio coordinator of Military Families Speak Out. Dawson is the...
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Ohio goes after prevailing wage crooks
June 15, 2007CLEVELAND — On June 4, Marc Dann, Ohio’s new attorney general, announced an enforcement program targeting contractors who violate Ohio’s prevailing wage law. “We’re going to aggressively pursue this strategy in the future,” Dann said in...
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