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Labor hits the ground running
November 17, 2006In Ohio, issues of Iraq, jobs, Social Security and health care top the agenda CLEVELAND — Flush with victory in the Nov. 7 elections, Cleveland’s labor activists, like their counterparts elsewhere, are pressing to broaden the...
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Lizard lickin good!
November 16, 2006Workers’ CorrespondenceCountry living can surpass city lifestyle One week ago I changed my status from a lifelong Chicago suburbanite to the newest resident of the small town of Zebulon, N.C. Although I find myself with the...
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Bernie Sanders elected to U.S. Senate
November 10, 2006BURLINGTON, Vt. — Bernie Sanders, the six-term independent congressman from Vermont, swept to victory in the race for U.S. Senate over Republican billionaire Rich Tarrant. In an election in which 70 percent of Vermonters said they...
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Anti-immigrant Republicans suffer election losses
November 10, 2006Commentary Time will tell what the impact of the Nov. 7 election on the immigration question will be. For the short term, it is worth noting that the Republicans lost at least 9 House seats held...
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Labor board leaves workers in twilight zone
November 10, 2006The U.S. Department of Labor’s web site refers to the National Labor Relations Act, passed in 1935, as “labor’s Magna Carta,” extolling the fact that the act guarantees “workers the right to organize and bargain collectively.”...
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