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  • They heard

    They heard

    November 17, 2006 By John Sweeney

    Do you think they heard us this time? Although the Bush administration and its congressional allies have done a very good job of ignoring working families for six years, I think they must have heard us...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    November 17, 2006

    Raytheon workers Raytheon, the fifth largest munitions factory in the world, has a firm grip on the city of Tucson. It is the employer of nearly 11,000 people and a major contributor to our many worthy...

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  • EDITORIAL: Thank the workers and common-sense voters

    EDITORIAL: Thank the workers and common-sense voters

    November 17, 2006

    When working people sit down to Thanksgiving dinner this year they will be savoring more than turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce. They will be giving thanks that a clear majority in the Nov. 7 midterm elections...

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  • EDITORIAL: Change policy, not just faces

    EDITORIAL: Change policy, not just faces

    November 17, 2006

    When President Bush announced the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a key architect and executor of the disastrous and criminal U.S. war on Iraq, it was more good news on top of the Nov. 7...

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  • Labor eyes quick passage of new organizing law

    Labor eyes quick passage of new organizing law

    November 17, 2006

    WASHINGTON (PAI) — The new Democratic-run House in the 110th Congress will pass the Employee Free Choice Act, AFL-CIO Legislative Director Bill Samuel said in a Nov. 8 interview. “It will be nice to be playing...

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