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Minimum wage: Falling behind

March 8, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

Congress last raised the minimum wage in 1997 when it established the current $5.15 per hour.

Oregonians urge public takeover of Enron unit

March 8, 2002

Ratepayers of Portland General Electric (PGE) are so fed up with the thievery by the utility’s parent company, Enron, they are demanding that the State of Oregon take over PGE and run it in the public...

U.S. Communist leaders visit China

March 8, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

The Communist Party USA has sent a four-person delegation to visit the People’s Republic of China. On invitation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, CPUSA National Chairman Sam Webb, International Secretary Marilyn...

India’s right wing implicated in violence

March 8, 2002 By World Combined Sources

NEW DELHI, India – More than 500 people have died as a result of riots here last week. A dozen Islamic houses of worship have been razed and more than 70 people – including children –...

Jury rules Monsanto polluted town

March 8, 2002

GADSDEN, Ala. – A jury March 1 determined that Monsanto Co. polluted an Alabama town with PCBs, setting the stage for more trials on claims that the contamination harmed the residents’ property and health. Monsanto, its...