New Orleans
Union Summer interns work to save endangered shipyard
July 14, 2011"We're a pretty good team," says Sarah Mandel, one of a group of young interns working here to stop the Avondale shipyard from closing.
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Shipyard workers see chance to save their jobs
July 14, 2011Workers, unions, community groups, small businesses and others in the fight to save 5,000 jobs at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans are feeling better now about the possibility of a victory.
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On Danziger Bridge cops shot first, covered up later
July 13, 2011New Orleans police are charged with covering up the deadly shootings of innocent people on the Danziger Bridge as they were on their way to search for food days after Hurricane Katrina had laid waste to...
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Avondale shipyard workers hold save jobs rally
September 29, 2010When Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast region five years ago many of the workers at the Avondale shipyard near New Orleans stayed behind when the area was evacuated.
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Five years after Katrina, it’s “win or die”
August 31, 2010The human-made disaster that preceded the storm and got worse afterward continues.
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