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Bush aims to derail Amtrak
December 2, 2005PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak’s Board of Directors is engaged in union busting in order to shift the ownership of this valuable public asset over to the Bush administration’s private campaign contributors. This was the charge leveled by...
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WORLD NOTES
December 2, 2005Ireland: Ferry workers protest A ferry workers’ protest over hiring of lower-paid replacement crews from Eastern Europe has taken on national dimensions, with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern soundly criticizing the company, and the ferry workers’...
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Gulf Coast Update
December 2, 2005“Just as the government failed to get folks out and people were left to die, they are failing right now to give survivors decent shelter and an opportunity to return,” said William Quigley, law professor at...
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AFL-CIO clears way for solidarity charters
December 2, 2005WASHINGTON — Some details remain to be settled, but the AFL-CIO announced Nov. 16 that it will begin issuing “solidarity charters” to locals whose international unions recently disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO and joined the Change to...
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Human costs of Clevelands school cuts
December 2, 2005The following interview with a Cleveland teacher was conducted on Oct. 31. The teacher’s name was changed at her request. “Oh, I see you have no life either!” With that grim joke, Cleveland teachers greet each...
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