Labor
Labor law reform in France
April 7, 2006More than a million people in France have taken to the streets against their conservative government’s attempts to change the country’s labor law. According to the conventional wisdom here in the United States, “Old Europe” is...
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Sago survivor home, mine safety battle continues
April 7, 2006PITTSBURGH — Randall McCloy, 26, thin and weak, sat inside his Simpson, W.Va., home with his wife and two children for the first time in two months. McCloy survived the worst West Virginia mining disaster in...
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1911 fire shows perils of no regulation
March 31, 2006It has become fashionable in certain circles to say that unions and government regulations are unnecessary nuisances, sand in the gears of the economy. The invisible hand of capitalism would take care of all our problems,...
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Colombia: repression and resistance
March 31, 2006In response to a comment about the beauty of Colombia, 7-year-old Daniela said, “Yes, but it is so violent.” Daniela should know. She has seen the violence up close. Her father, a left-wing city council member,...
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Transit union fights binding arbitration
March 31, 2006NEW YORK — Transport Workers Union Local 100, which represents this city’s bus and subway workers, has been ordered by a state agency into binding arbitration with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but the union plans to...
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