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Columbus janitors win union
December 4, 2007COLUMBUS, Ohio—Coming on the heels of organizing victories in Cincinnati and Houston, some 1,200 janitors here, organizing with SEIU, won contracts with nine of the city’s largest employers last month. “This is a historic victory,” said...
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U.S.-Mexico anti-drug plan sparks uproar
November 30, 2007A hullabaloo has arisen over a secretly negotiated anti-drug proposal that would include new U.S. funds for Mexican and Central American security forces. The deal, finalized in a meeting in Merida, the capital of Mexico’s Yucatan...
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Labor leaves no stone unturned
November 30, 2007Organized labor is flexing its muscles, showing that it is tired of taking it on the chin. If the unions have their way, between now and Election Day 2008, even the ultra-right lock on the White...
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LETTERS: Dec. 1
November 30, 2007Peace Talk Radio For the past five months I’ve had a program called Peace Talk Radio on Saturdays, 9-11 a.m. Central Standard Time on KNDS Radio, 105.9 FM. The signal doesn’t go much over 25 miles,...
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EDITORIAL: Shopping & dropping
November 30, 2007“Black Friday” has become a peculiar American institution. Retailers have promoted the day after Thanksgiving as the opening of the holiday shopping season, counting on this day to roll in a good percentage of their yearly...
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