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New report details abuse of guest workers
March 23, 2007A report, “Close to slavery: guest worker programs in the United States,” released by the Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Poverty Law Center earlier this month, details abuses faced by workers who come to the U.S. under the...
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Ethanol, energy and profits
March 23, 2007President Bush’s recent swing through Central and South America was aimed at bolstering relations in the face of increasing movements for independence from U.S. domination. It has been a period of relative regional neglect with America’s...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
March 23, 2007Tell McDonald’s, you’re not lovin’ it Farmworkers who pick tomatoes for McDonald’s don’t have the right to unionize or to receive overtime pay and have no benefits. Most make under $10,000 per year. Liz Cattaneo of...
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WORLD NOTES
March 23, 2007Germany: Retirement age raised The German Parliament voted 408-169 March 9 to approve a measure backed by a Social Democrat-Christian Democrat coalition to reset Germans’ retirement age from 65 to 67. Communists and labor-backed legislators opposed...
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In Mexico, defeated candidate defies right wing
March 23, 2007MEXICO CITY — Eight months after having an election apparently stolen from him through fraud, former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his supporters refuse to concede defeat. Critics of the July 2006 presidential vote...
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