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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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UN lashes out at Israeli bombings
August 4, 2006UNITED NATIONS — A horrific July 30 attack by the Israel Defense Forces on the southern Lebanese village of Qana, combined with ongoing violence that had already claimed hundreds of lives, has prompted outrage at the...
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N.J. nurses hold the line
August 4, 2006News Analysis ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — The struggle by 660 striking nurses at Englewood Hospital faces a double uphill fight. The strikers, members of Health Professional and Allied Employees (HPAE-AFT), is dealing with a notoriously anti-labor employer...
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