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Unions call Walmart’s Bangladesh safety pact “weak and worthless”
July 12, 2013The pact was negotiated behind closed doors with a D.C. think tank partially funded by Walmart, without any input from workers or unions, here or in Bangladesh.
Read moreBlack trade unionists call for new Cuba policies
July 10, 2013Four Cubans being held in U.S. prisons should be released, according to a resolution passed by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists at their 42nd Annual Convention.
Read moreSyria, poison gas, and Arabian tales
July 10, 2013It is not unlike Sherlock Holmes and the dog that didn't bark. And like Holmes, start with the facts.
Read moreAnger grows over interference with Bolivian jet
July 8, 2013Heads of state from South America's UNASUR met in Bolivia to angrily denounce what they see as a lack of respect by the U.S. and Europe for their own national sovereignity.
Read moreMassive protests in Egypt call for Morsi’s ouster
July 3, 2013The Egyptian army has announced that if a solution to the conflict is not found by end of day Wednesday, it may step in and impose one on this nation of 80 million people.
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