John Rummel
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Labor
Hoffa gets university award, cites labor’s challenges
April 19, 2010DETROIT - Teamsters union President James Hoffa, a Detroit native, received the first Wayne State University "Labor Leaders on Labor" award at a ceremony here this month.
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Peace
“Few and Proud” Marine urges rethink on Afghanistan
April 8, 2010Co-founder of Veterans for Rethinking Afghanistan speaks out for alternatives to a military-first policy.
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Labor
If Daddy doesn’t have a job what am I supposed to do?
March 26, 2010DETROIT - Sedrick Staten's livelihood is being threatened by privatization efforts of the city schools' emergency financial manager.
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Labor
Women’s History Month event honors women in unions
March 19, 2010DETROIT - In Recognition of Women's History Month, the Civil Rights Committee of the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO showed the film "Norma Rae."
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U.S.
Tired of margarine, janitors demand health care as their “butter”
March 12, 2010Detroit janitors fight foraffordable health care as key contract issue. " I'm tired of Parkay, I want butter too."
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U.S.
Poverty throughout Michigan at shocking levels
March 5, 2010Even before the current crisis hit, one in five children in Michigan lived in poverty, and three rural counties had the highest rates.
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Opinion
The movement needs to kick it up a notch – part 1
March 3, 2010I am not one who thinks a deteriorating political climate will open more opportunities to advance a left agenda.
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U.S.
Black history, labor history intertwined in Detroit
March 1, 2010Between the two World Wars, the groundwork was laid in Detroit's Black community that culminated in the organizing of the world's most powerful corporation.
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