U.S.
Good election news for labor in Texas
May 13, 2009Reports from the three large Texas cities which held local elections May 9 are good news for labor. The Dallas AFL-CIO endorsed 6 candidates for City Council. Five of them won outright and the sixth goes...
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US may have decade-long recesssion
May 13, 2009Washington, May 12 (Prensa Latina) The US Nobel laureate in Economy Paul Krugman said his country could confront a decade of zero growth if more aggressive incentive measures are not employed informed Economy Nobel laureate, Paul...
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Thousands join in candlelight vigils across California
May 13, 2009Original source: More than a thousand California workers, interfaith leaders, community allies and elected officials kicked the California campaign to pass the Employee Free Choice Act into overdrive in recent days by participating in statewide overnight...
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The role of psychologists in torture
May 13, 2009As a psychologist, I have been appalled by the complicity of some psychologists in torturing detainees in former President Bush’s “War on Terror.” How could it be that professionals trained to treat mental illness could be...
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A thousand scholars urge Congress to pass Employee Free Choice Act
May 13, 2009Reposted from www.laborradio.org More than a thousand U.S. scholars nationwide are urging Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act labor law reform. The scholars signed a letter to Congress calling the labor law reform making...
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