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Black unionists assail wage, wealth gaps
June 1, 2007Stressing civil rights and labor rights, delegates eye 2008 elections CHICAGO — Answering the question, “Are the civil rights and labor movements united?” with a resounding “more than ever,” the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists held...
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LETTERS
May 25, 2007There goes another plant Sometimes when you watch working people being mauled, degraded and blamed for everything from bad luck to bad weather, you have to ask yourself: when is enough enough? Well, the owners of...
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Labor/equality alliance lives
May 25, 2007It is appropriate that Chicago, where the fight for the 8-hour day began so dramatically at Haymarket Square 120 years ago, is the site of this year’s Coalition of Black Trade Unionists convention. Chicago is also...
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Black unionists urge new social contract
May 25, 2007CHICAGO — Dismantling of the corporate agenda is the big mission that the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) took on as it opened its 36th International Convention here May 23 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel....
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Earths last best hope
May 25, 2007Last week’s column examined why capitalism has not stopped environmental destruction, despite protests, local victories and treaties like Kyoto. Profound economic, political and social forces make capitalism incapable of doing so, just as they block its...
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