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World unions: Time for a global economic fix is now
November 18, 2008Unions representing workers in the 20 most economically powerful nations called on world leaders Nov. 14 to take urgent action to prevent a global depression by radically changing the way the global economy is run and...
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Lost Thunder: BLM preparing to execute 30,000 wild horses
November 18, 2008The 30,000 wild horses on Death Row are nearly out of appeals. They were condemned by the Government Accounting Office just in time for Veteran's Day - a profoundly cynical act when you consider that countless...
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Last minute Bush push threatens workers, consumers and environment
November 18, 2008The Bush administration is in a midnight frenzy, churning out a stream of regulations designed to cement its right-wing legacy of damage to the environment and attacks on workers and consumers. If successful, a virtual dream...
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Gay rights rallies held across the nation
November 17, 2008BOSTON — Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California and to urge supporters not to quit the...
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Pakistan’s Home Workers’ Union starts paying off
November 16, 2008LAHORE, Pakistan (WOMENSENEWS)--Asia Afzal, 35, wipes her forehead with the corner of her duputta scarf as beads of perspiration gather on her face. In her two-room house, a solitary ceiling fan is still due to the...
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