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  • Labor rights: not just for union members

    Labor rights: not just for union members

    February 2, 2007

    This past week the Bureau of Labors Statistics (BLS) released alarming new figures on union membership. They’re down, from 12.5 percent of eligible workers a year ago to 12 percent. Some question the numbers because of...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    February 2, 2007

    Remember Cuba I thank letter writer Bernadette Geller (PWW 1/13-19) for codifying in list form the leaders and nations in Latin and South America that have swerved left these past few years, and are moving in...

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  • EDITORIAL: Revive New Orleans

    EDITORIAL: Revive New Orleans

    February 2, 2007

    Mardi Gras parades begin Feb. 10 in New Orleans. The Big Easy will party and dance across the country’s TV screens. That is the New Orleans the corporate elite and the multi-billion-dollar tourist industry want us...

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  • What will your legacy be?

    What will your legacy be?

    February 2, 2007 By Dr. Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs

    "What Will Your Legacy Be?" Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs once wrote and asked in a 2007 epic poem. The internationally renowned Burroughs died November 21, 2010, and scholars and activists celebrate her long-lasting legacy.

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  • Save lives, save jobs

    Save lives, save jobs

    February 2, 2007

    Dennis Gannon, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor AFL-CIO, opposes drastic Cook County budget cuts at a rally of hundreds in Chicago, Jan. 29. “This is all about saving jobs and about the future of...

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