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LETTERS
May 26, 2006Raise minimum wage I read with interest “Raising the minimum wage is a national battle” by Julia Weaver (PWW 5/20-26). Raising the minimum wage is a badly needed change for the reasons she cites. An error,...
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EDITORIAL: Memorial Day
May 26, 2006Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, was proclaimed in 1868 by Gen. John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Civil War veterans. Logan designated the day “for the purpose...
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Connecticut PWW honors state AFL-CIO
May 26, 2006NEW HAVEN, Conn. — At the People’s Weekly World annual May Day celebration here, Connecticut AFL-CIO President John Olsen recalled that only two years ago Connecticut Labor Against the War was awarded the Connecticut PWW’s Newsmaker...
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New Yorks TWU Local 100 storms Albany
May 26, 2006ALBANY, N.Y. — Torrential rains couldn’t dampen the spirits of NYC transit workers as they boarded buses at locations across New York City May 16 for a trip to the state capital here. They presented Transport...
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Cuban medical school is unique
May 26, 2006The Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, Cuba, is no ordinary medical school. The mission of the LASM is to train students who come from medically underserved populations and then to return them as doctors...
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