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On a mission for justice: School of the Americas Watch travels to Colombia and Panama
March 9, 2007On return from our SOA Watch delegation to Colombia and Panama, I traveled by bus to Caracas with my son, Pachi. I took advantage of the long ride to sift through my notes from the trip....
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If Sago happened today, loved ones would still die
March 9, 2007“Coal is more important than life.” That is how Pam Campbell, sister-in-law of miner Marty Bennett who died inside Sago Mine, sums up over a year of government and coal corporation stalls, speeches, secrecy and frustration....
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NATIONAL CLIPS
March 9, 2007CHICAGO: Hospital workers demand right to organize “If they feel they can hang up on a congresswoman, just imagine what they think they can do to their workers,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky told over 1,000 nurses, housekeepers...
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Labor sends a statement in Chicago
March 9, 2007“We sent a statement,” declared Dennis Gannon, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL), in the afterglow of the Feb. 27 municipal elections. And what a statement it was. Organized labor and its community allies...
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Labor moves to offense
March 9, 2007Free Choice Act victory lays out bolder agenda on trade, health care and worker solidarityLAS VEGAS — The main focus of this week’s AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting was moving forward from the March 1 passage of...
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