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Does bilingualism make you smarter?
January 9, 2004Become smarter by taking these english lessons and even plan for your online degree today. You can take courses to learn spanish and become bilingual in no time!
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The Grinch cuts off the unemployed
January 9, 2004The Bush administration joined the Republican congressional leadership in their annual holiday raspberry for the unemployed. They all went home in December, allowing the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program to expire.
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Police actions at FTAA talks denounced
January 9, 2004MIAMI – In the wake of the violent police actions against peaceful demonstrators who rallied here in mid-November against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), about 350 trade unionists and activists crammed into the...
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Labors vote key to ousting Bush in 2004
January 9, 2004COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fifteen hundred trade unionists filled the Veterans Memorial Auditorium here Dec. 9 to “Take Back Ohio/Labor 2004.” “Politics is power – use it!” was Ohio AFL-CIO President William Burga’s call to action. “Examples...
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International notes
January 9, 2004Iraq: ICFTU calls for trade union rights The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) is calling for support of the trade union movement now re-emerging in Iraq. At the close of a two-day meeting in...
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