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Oil company price gouging provokes fightback
June 8, 2007WASHINGTON — Anger over skyrocketing gasoline prices is turning to fightback with more than 570,768 people signing an online petition to the U.S. Senate demanding that they approve a bill that makes gasoline price gouging a...
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Court to women: Equal pay, no way
June 8, 2007Question: What court ruled recently that paying women less is OK as long as you don’t get caught for 180 days? Answer: The Supreme Court of the United States. Question: What court laid out a blueprint...
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Arrested over health care
June 8, 2007Twenty-two union leaders were arrested at the State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., June 1, as they called for universal health care.The arrests were made at different locations throughout the Capitol building amid a heavy police presence....
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Michigan labor reflects on its history
June 5, 2007DETROIT — The Michigan Labor History Society held its annual meeting May 19 at the hall of Local 22 of the United Auto Workers union here. One of the recent accomplishments of the society has been...
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Venezuelas ambassador responds to Speaker Pelosi on RCTV
June 5, 2007The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. Madam Speaker Pelosi, I am writing in the opportunity to respond to your May 30 statement on Venezuela’s decision not to renew...
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