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World Notes

November 4, 2005

Greece: First Call Center Conference Union Network International’s first-ever Call Center Conference, meeting last week in Athens, focused on how to ensure that outsourced or offshored work is unionized. The conference heard how UNI’s newest union,...

Asia earthquake relief effort racing against time

November 4, 2005

A massive relief operation is under way following the devastating earthquake that hit Pakistan and parts of India on Oct. 8, but all involved say the operation faces unprecedented challenges. Current reports place the death toll...

Growing worldwide support for the Cuban 5

November 4, 2005

On Sept. 12, five Cuban nationals completed their seventh year in U.S. jails. Their “crime”: trying to foil terrorist attacks on Cuba emanating from right-wing groups in Miami. Supporters of the five — Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo...

Poll: Calif. govs initatives losing

November 4, 2005

As California’s Nov. 8 special election approached, the fortunes of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pro-corporate agenda were continuing to slip. In good news for labor and community groups opposing the governor’s ballot measures, support for Prop. 75...

Trick or treat protests hit GOP budget cuts

November 4, 2005

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Rep. Nancy Johnson’s (R-Conn.) staff members scowled as Halloween-costumed “Fat Cats” crowded into her office to say “thanks” for $70 billion in tax giveaways to millionaires, while billions of dollars are cut...