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Almond workers voices travel far
August 11, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. — The story of hundreds of workers seeking a union at a California almond processing plant is increasingly being heard around the state and around the world. Faced with their employer’s union-busting efforts, the...
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Jewish Americans call for cease-fire
August 11, 2006Carolyn Eisenberg, a history professor in Brooklyn, N.Y., grew up in what she describes as a Zionist family, with “a great deal of affection for Israel.” Last week, as co-chair of Brooklyn Parents for Peace, she...
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Stop playing games with minimum wage
August 11, 2006Labor, community groups vow to press forward for a real minimum wage hikeA Republican bill that hid a huge, wolfish tax break for the wealthy inside the sheep’s clothing of an increase in the minimum wage...
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Israelis march against the war: Bring the soldiers home!
August 9, 2006TEL AVIV, Israel — The biggest Israeli demonstration against the war to date took place here Aug. 5 in the heart of the city’s downtown, an area that is considered especially right-wing. Close to 10,000 demonstrators...
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Neighbors challenge bio research lab
August 9, 2006BOSTON — Opponents of a proposed bioterrorism research laboratory at Boston University Medical Center won a victory last week when a state judge ruled that the basis used to approve the so-called Biolab was “arbitrary and...
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