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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
February 10, 2006Asbestos bill toxic The interests of asbestos makers and their insurers “have become paramount and the needs of victims have become secondary” in the asbestos bill being debated in the Senate, said AFL-CIO President John Sweeney...
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N.Y. gov. shorts schools
February 10, 2006NEW YORK — Boasting that he was delivering tax cuts for working people and increased funding for schools, Republican Gov. George Pataki submitted his final executive budget Jan. 18 in Albany. The proposal was immediately condemned,...
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WORLD NOTES
February 10, 2006India: Airport workers on strike About 23,000 employees at Mumbai and Delhi airports successfully resolved their strike that followed a decision by the authorities to turn over the airports to private companies for upgrading. All of...
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Venezuelans speak their minds
February 10, 2006CARACAS, Venezuela — As this city filled up with delegates from 160 countries attending the sixth World Social Forum last month, one thing seemed to be on their minds: learning more about the revolutionary process taking...
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Cubas energy: revolution within a revolution
February 10, 2006Cuba’s struggle goes beyond overcoming a state of siege and surviving the fall of the Soviet bloc. It ends neither with health care, schools, and food for all, nor with the battle of ideas. There’s more...
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