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Houston janitors score big victory
December 1, 2006HOUSTON — Nationwide pressure — everything from pending strikes elsewhere to a strong statement from a key U.S. senator — plus images of Houston’s mounted police beating and arresting unarmed janitors forced this city’s top cleaning...
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22,000 say: Close the School of the Americas
December 1, 2006FORT BENNING, Ga. — More than 22,000 people from all over the United States and Canada, half of them young people, gathered here Nov. 17-19 to demand that the Defense Department’s School of the Americas (SOA)...
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Labor summit launches drive to fulfill voter mandate
December 1, 2006News Analysis Folks were still eating turkey sandwiches when the AFL-CIO issued its call for a Dec. 8-9 labor summit and march in Washington, D.C., to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, a top legislative priority...
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North Carolina Smithfield workers win against the odds
December 1, 2006TAR HEEL, N.C. — Close to 1,000 Smithfield Packing Co. workers walked off the job here Nov. 16 to protest illegal firings, and they won against big odds. It was a truly remarkable action by nonunion...
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Veterans Day message: Put an end to war!
November 30, 2006CommentaryThe following speech was given to a gathering in Portland, Maine, on Nov. 11. This year Veterans for Peace spearheaded a successful campaign to have city officials sanction more than one Veterans Day ceremony. First of...
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