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November 14, 2003Illuminating bus ride On a cross-town bus the other day a tired looking woman got on with her bundles and settled into an empty seat. Finding herself next to an old friend, she brightened up and...
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Editorials
November 14, 2003Stop the ‘free trade’ highway robbery A decade ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was sold with promises it would create 200,000 new jobs in the U.S. in the first two years while raising...
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Students around globe oppose trade in education
November 14, 2003The International Union of Students (IUS) was joined by regional students’ organizations from around the world on Sept. 13 in a Global Student Day of Action to Defend Public Education. The action was aimed at the...
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The high cost of free trade Maytag workers face plant closing
November 14, 2003“NAFTA allowed Maytag to commit the premeditated murder of our community,” said Dave Bevard, a 30-year veteran of Maytag’s refrigerator plant in Galesburg, Ill. Trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NFTA) and the...
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Free trade scam:Its bad for workers everywhere
November 14, 2003“We’ll be marching with truck drivers and electrical workers, nurses and teachers, health care workers and Teamsters, all kinds of working people,” Fred Frost, president of the South Florida AFL-CIO, told the Miami Herald. Frost was...
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