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  • U.S. seeks to deny Cubas right to play baseball

    U.S. seeks to deny Cubas right to play baseball

    December 24, 2005

    The U.S. government is trying to deny the Cuban national baseball team the right to play in the inaugural World Baseball Classic that is scheduled for March 3-20, 2006. Once again the U.S. embargo is closing...

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  • Sen. Boxer mulls impeachment

    Sen. Boxer mulls impeachment

    December 24, 2005

    BOXER ASKS PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS ABOUT FORMER WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL’S STATEMENT THAT BUSH ADMITTED TO AN ‘IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE’ http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Senator_says_shes_asked_for_opinions_1220.html Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today asked four presidential scholars for their opinion on former White...

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  • Transit workers urge calls to MTA, Gov. Pataki

    Transit workers urge calls to MTA, Gov. Pataki

    December 22, 2005

    In a statement released this week, Transport Workers Union Local 100, the union representing New York’s bus and subway workers, called on the public to telephone the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Gov. George Pataki to urge...

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  • Transit workers show determination, high morale

    Transit workers show determination, high morale

    December 22, 2005

    BROOKLYN, N.Y. — All 34,000 New York City’s bus and subway workers, represented by Transport Workers Union Local 100, walked off the job in the early morning hours of Dec. 20, beginning NYC’s first transit strike...

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  • NYC transit workers forced to strike!

    NYC transit workers forced to strike!

    December 21, 2005 By Roger Toussaint

    NEW YORK CITY - With a one billion dollar surplus, contract between the MTA and Transport Workers Union Local 100 should have been a no brainier. Sadly that has not been the case.

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