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Labor says enough to GOP sideshows
September 13, 2008‘It’s not guns, gays and Palin — it’s the survival of U.S. workers’‘ A united labor movement this week fired several shots aimed at drawing attention to real election issues that the Republicans want to bury...
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A good reason to donate
September 13, 2008It was the creation of the labor movement that brought about decent living standards, “the weekend” and the “middle class” in the United States and countries around the world. It is the labor movement along with...
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World notes: Sept. 13, 2008
September 13, 2008Cuba: No one died with Gustav The most destructive hurricane in 50 years hit western Cuba on Aug. 30 with gusts up to 212 mph, the strongest ever recorded during any hurricane anywhere, according to head...
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Michigan: door-by-door battleground
September 13, 2008GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Any way you shake out the electoral math, Michigan may be the key to a winning scenario for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. While Kerry won the state by four points in...
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Workers continue Boeing shutdown, job security key issue
September 11, 2008Boeing workers are prepared for a long strike to prevent their jobs from being outsourced as their shutdown of the nation’s largest airplane maker enters its fourth day. Mark Blondin, the chief negotiator for the International...
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