National
New ID card unifies the Elm City
September 14, 2007NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The big success of the Elm City Residents Card, which has received an overwhelmingly positive response here, has also become a model for other cities. The history of the new ID card...
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Labor mourns 9/11 dead, fights for the living
September 14, 2007NEW YORK — The city’s labor movement gathered near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, Sept. 8, in a combined Sept. 11, 2001, commemoration, Labor Day tribute and call for federal legislation to ensure health care for...
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Chrysler workers walk as deadline nears
September 13, 2007Three hundred workers represented by the United Auto Workers union walked off the job in Auburn Hills, Mich., Sept. 12, as the People’s Weekly World went to press. The workers who walked out are employed at...
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Public education is new freedom struggle
September 7, 2007A teacher’s viewpoint While large numbers of young people now start school in August, Labor Day weekend still marked the “official” end of summer vacation for hundreds of thousands of others. For too many of these...
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Detroits Labor Day challenges anti-union drive
September 7, 2007DETROIT — Among the many Labor Day parades and picnics across the country last week, this city’s parade had a special edge. While the morning editions of the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News carried editorials...
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