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Organizing the unorganized: What do you do if they need unions but they’re not interested?
January 9, 2008SILVER SPRING, Md. (PAI)—In all the discussion at the two-day AFL-CIO-sponsored conference on organizing worldwide, there was at least one big topic that went almost unmentioned: what do you, an organizer, do if you see that...
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Obama double digit lead in New Hamphire: Another win for the politics of hope
January 8, 2008Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has surged to a double digit lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire and seems sure to best the New York senator in this latest contest for the Democratic nominee for the...
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Movie Review: Four stars for The Great Debaters
January 6, 2008The Great Debaters Directed by Denzel Washington Written by Robert Eisele 2007, 123 min., Rated PG-13 Denzel Washington, Forrest Whitaker, Junree Smollett, Nate Parker, Gina Vera, Denzel Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, John Heard and indeed the entire...
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Diverse construction workforce in sight in Philadelphia
January 6, 2008PHILADELPHIA — A landmark agreement reached last month could open the way to diversifying the construction workforce here. Pending approval by the City Council, contractors, the Convention Center authority, and the building trades unions, new major...
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Necessity and law: getting past illegality
January 6, 2008The anti-immigrant movement sets great store by “legality.' “What part of ‘illegal’ don’t you understand?” is one of their favorite taunts. But we know that it is very easy for any government to create new “illegals”;...
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