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  • LETTERS: Oct. 13

    LETTERS: Oct. 13

    October 12, 2007

    No Blackwater It was an anti-Blackwater weekend in the San Diego backcountry as hundreds of people gathered in the town of Potrero, Calif., (pop. 850), to protest a proposal by Blackwater USA to build a paramilitary...

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  • U.S. govt, bosses use racial profiling

    U.S. govt, bosses use racial profiling

    October 12, 2007

    Fernando Rodriquez, director of Local 7 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in Colorado, took time out from the Congreso Latino meeting in Los Angeles last week (see story, page 3) to tell the...

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  • THIS WEEK IN LABOR: Oct. 13

    THIS WEEK IN LABOR: Oct. 13

    October 12, 2007

    A big fat rat If you check in at an airport, don’t be surprised if you are greeted by a giant inflatable rat holding bags of money. United Airlines’ unionized pilots are using the rodent to...

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  • Port unveils clean truck proposal

    Port unveils clean truck proposal

    October 12, 2007

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Truck pollution, now contributing to soaring rates of asthma, cancer and heart disease in the West Oakland community, may be heading downward under a new plan announced by Port of Oakland officials here....

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS: Oct. 13

    NATIONAL CLIPS: Oct. 13

    October 12, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards

    TACOMA, Wash.: Watada trial postponed BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Front page sparks fight for equality WINFIELD, W.Va.: Cancer victims sue Monsanto JENA, La.: Rocker’s song invokes mayor’s protest

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