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Editorial: Corporate looters
September 16, 2005Shaw Group, Fluor, Bechtel, Halliburton and its subsidiary KBR are flocking like vultures to feast on the $62 billion or more in federal contracts to rebuild the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina. These “no bid” contracts...
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Forced labor a global menace
September 16, 2005Anna, now 21 years old, was born in the Ukrainian town of Kamenets-Podolsky, then still a part of the Soviet Union. During her early childhood, she led a typical family life and her basic needs were...
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Labor Update
September 16, 2005EFCA adds sponsors The Employee Free Choice Act recently added to its support in Congress. In the House, Republican Rep. Joe Schwarz (Mich.) and Democrat Rep. Bobby Rush (Ill.) are now co-sponsors of HR 1696. In...
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U.S. denies visa to Cuban leader
September 16, 2005The U.S. government announced Sept. 2 that Ricardo Alarcon, president of the Cuban National Assembly, would not be granted a visa to attend the second conference of parliamentary presidents held by the Inter-Parliamentary Union Sept. 7-9...
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New Yorks Labor Day parade
September 16, 2005NEW YORK — As many as 200,000 people marched Sept. 10 in New York City’s Labor Day parade, including workers from all the city’s unions, anti-Wal-Mart activists, elected leaders, mayoral hopefuls — and People’s Weekly World/Nuestro...
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