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Oil: Simple arithmetic
August 2, 2008An average family is likely to spend an extra $750 this year on gasoline, compared with last year. My oil company has informed me it will cost $3,795 to heat my house this coming winter —...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR: August 2
August 2, 2008Bush continues to block job safety rules A special subcommittee of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued stricter rules this month regarding cranes at construction sites. The additional rules were promulgated because of the recent...
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Congreso joins election push
August 2, 2008Image 1 left small>LOS ANGELES – More than 1,500 Latino public officials, civic, labor rights and community leaders and activists from 20 states participated in the third annual National Latino Congreso here July 18-20. Delegates reaffirmed...
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Grassroots politics vs. right-wing money
August 2, 2008ST LOUIS – “This is a war of attrition,” said Glenn Burliegh, campaign coordinator for Robin Wright-Jones for state senate. “To win, we have to work harder, fight longer and overcome more obstacles than our opposition....
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Bus drivers confront corruption, union-busting
August 2, 2008MADISON, Ohio – Over 200 rallied here July 22 in a boisterous show of support for embattled school bus drivers whose jobs were terminated when their contract expired in June and the Board of Education implemented...
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