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Pima County workers go union
April 13, 2007TUCSON, Ariz. — In what may be the biggest union gain in Arizona history, Pima County employees voted a whopping 94 percent in favor of union representation. The Service Employees union, SEIU Arizona, is now the...
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Airport service workers demand fairness
April 13, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — As travelers streamed into the Southwest Airlines terminal at Oakland’s International Airport April 5 on one of the year’s busiest travel days, they were greeted by an unusual sight — a crowd of...
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U.S., Canada and UK unions begin talks
April 13, 2007Merger talks between the United Steelworkers union (USW), based in the U.S. and Canada, and Amicus, the 1-million-member-strong and largest union in the UK, will open at the end April. The possible merger would unite workers...
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A call for justice
April 13, 2007NEW YORK — The last couple of weeks have been very hard for the Bell family. The grand jury indictments released in March were met with heavy criticism for not going far enough. The police officers...
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Stealing an election New Mexico style
April 13, 2007Over the last 100 years, voters in New Mexico have experienced a number of efforts to steal an election: everything from the range wars of the 1870s, the denial of the Indian vote and the terrorizing...
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