2009
Hartmarx workers vote to sit in if Wells Fargo closes their factory
May 13, 2009DES PLAINES, Ill. — Hundreds of union workers packed a lunchroom at the Hart Schaffner & Marx manufacturing plant here May 11 and voted unanimously to stage a sit-in at their factory if a new owner...
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What now on health care reform?
May 13, 2009With the new balance of forces in Washington, a path has opened for us to achieve a first, true step towards turning around our nation’s health care crisis and achieving quality, affordable health care for everyone....
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Labor, allies vow Never Again, one year after Postville immigration raid
May 12, 2009POSTVILLE, Ia. — The people of this town will never forget what happened here a year ago, today. At first, there was confusion. There were so many helicopters in the sky and, one by one, they...
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LETTERS
May 8, 2009Cuba’s response to flu Sorry I don’t have much time to write. The Cubans are doing a public health campaign. They have signs up all over our dorms with info about the swine flu situation and...
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WORLDNOTES – Germany, Ethiopia, Australia, Ecuador, United Arab Emirates, Cuba
May 8, 2009Germany: Nuclear withdrawal a campaign issue In the Bundestag April 24, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for “a new beginning on nuclear disarmament.” Three opposition parties, the Greens, Liberal Free Democrats and the Left Party, moved...
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