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Colombia: repression and resistance
March 31, 2006In response to a comment about the beauty of Colombia, 7-year-old Daniela said, “Yes, but it is so violent.” Daniela should know. She has seen the violence up close. Her father, a left-wing city council member,...
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Transit union fights binding arbitration
March 31, 2006NEW YORK — Transport Workers Union Local 100, which represents this city’s bus and subway workers, has been ordered by a state agency into binding arbitration with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but the union plans to...
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Populist revolt in Latin America
March 31, 2006A specter is haunting Latin America — the specter of “populism.” Hardly a week goes by without a warning from pundits that the region may return to its “populist” past. We are warned of economic failure,...
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Autoworkers confront uncertain future
March 31, 2006With all the proposals being floated in auto, the one constant is GM’s and Delphi’s efforts to increase profits by cutting jobs and benefits. A recent agreement between GM, Delphi and the United Auto Workers Union...
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Nationwide strike rocks Greece
March 31, 2006ATHENS, Greece — Several months of intensified trade union activity in Greece culminated in a nationwide strike March 15 where thousands upon thousands of working people, the unemployed, university and high school students and pensioners flooded...
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