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Send greetings to Pomeroys
April 21, 2007We have received word that William and Celia Pomeroy, both in their 90s, are now in a nursing home in England where they receive 24-hour care. William Pomeroy covered many international stories for the People’s Weekly...
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PBS to add Latino history in World War II film
April 20, 2007On April 11, after pressure from Latino leaders with the Defend the Honor Campaign, the Public Broadcasting System said it had reversed its original decision and plans to include the Latino experience in Ken Burns’ new...
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Miners unity wins contract
April 20, 2007PITTSBURGH — At a time when strikes are measured in months, concessions are the beginning of negotiations, and it takes years for new union members to get the company to talk to them, coal miners at...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
April 20, 2007Injustice doesn’t taste right Fifty people picketed the Harris Teeter grocery store in Greensboro, N.C., March 31 to protest the sale there of items “packaged with abuse” at Smithfield Packing’s Tar Heel plant. The plant, the...
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WORLD NOTES
April 20, 2007Argentina: Killing of teacher sparks national protests In response to the death April 5 of chemistry teacher Carlos Fuentealba, whose head was struck the day before by a police tear gas canister, demonstrations broke out in...
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