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  • Machinists endorse Obama for president

    Machinists endorse Obama for president

    September 9, 2008

    LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today delivered a full-throated endorsement for Barack Obama following a personal appeal from New York Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton at the union's...

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  • Cuba: Weathering the storms, from Gustav to Ike

    Cuba: Weathering the storms, from Gustav to Ike

    September 9, 2008

    HAVANA – (Sept. 8) A little report on the TV just updated the situation in Guantanamo. The entire province is without electricity. Cuba has a policy of turning off electricity and gas, as a preventive measure...

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  • Arctic eyewitness

    Arctic eyewitness

    September 9, 2008

    The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (pro-oil groups prefer its foreign-sounding acronym, ANWR) is ground zero in the War on the Environment. If the oil companies win the fight to drill there, no place will be off-limits...

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  • Growing jobless figures impact presidential race

    Growing jobless figures impact presidential race

    September 8, 2008

    The official jobless rate topped 6.1 percent in August bringing the plight of U.S. workers into the center of the political arena as the presidential campaign enters its final eight weeks. 84,000 workers lost their jobs...

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  • Striking Machinists at Boeing ask: How do you hide $13 billion?

    Striking Machinists at Boeing ask: How do you hide $13 billion?

    September 7, 2008

    “How do you hide $13 billion? Do you stuff it in an airplane? Do you give it to the CEO? Or, do you share it with your workers?” These questions are printed on union flyers being...

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