Analysis
Young workers do better with unions
October 24, 2008For young workers who may not know what the advantages of being in a union are, the question “What’s a union gonna do for me?” was answered in a report released last week by the Center...
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Letters: Oct. 25, 2008
October 24, 2008Open letter to McCain As a proud citizen and believer in the American dream I can and do sympathize with Joe the plumber. However, we have yet to hear from you the words, “Joe the plumber...
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Not this time
October 24, 2008In state after state the number of new voters has exploded like never before. A people united are rising up to sweep the extreme right out of the White House and the Congress. The new voters...
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Plumbers vote their paycheck
October 24, 2008“Joe the Plumber” has become a crutch John McCain and Sarah Palin are leaning on, heavily, to keep their limping campaign from keeling over. They quote him constantly as a sharp critic of Barack Obama’s plan...
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Flushing out the worker-wannabes
October 23, 2008Why are the plumbers in the photo on this page wearing carpenter tool belts? And why are they wielding shiny new $9.99 Home Depot toilet plungers instead of wrenches? True, Halloween is costume time, but it’s...
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