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Money or Life? Which is more important?

Where has our outrage gone? There was a time when a crime involving children was cause for an outcry. The desire for revenge against the monsters that harm our children. But lately, it seems, as if a...

opinion by mshoffner | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Candian National (Local Freight), 11-17-2009

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CN Engineers on Strike, Talks break Down

Talks between the Canadian Teamsters Union and Canadian National Railways (CNR) broke down at midnight and the Locomotive Engineers of CNR are now on strike. The union says that the talks broke down over their...

created by albertacowpoke | 1 wk ago
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Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address:Anniversary of Human Equality

Today is the 146th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. The speech given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19th, 1863 is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Four and a half months...

created by Gordon Clark | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Union Mad at a Boy Scout Project?

In what has to be the ultimate in entitlement think, a union official in Allentown, Pennsylvania is considering filing a lawsuit against the city for allowing a Boy Scout to do volunteer work on city...

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created by Hugh Askew | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Many Teachers 'face false claims' - William Golding Was Right.

"Nearly 30% of school staff have been the subject of a false allegation of misconduct by a pupil, a survey by a teaching union suggests.The Association of Teachers and Lecturers said false claims blighted careers and damaged private lives. The ATL, which surveyed 1,155...

opinion by Yommie | 4 wks ago
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Jet Airways Pilots End Strike : Sacked Pilots will be Reinstated

The 5 days old mass "sick-leave" strike by the pilots of Indian airliner Jet Airways that crippled the services of the carrier finally ended. The striking pilot's union - National Aviator's Guild - and the...

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created by israeli.agent | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago
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EU Angered By US Proposal To Charge For Online Visas

The United States is planning on charging $10-$20 for issuing previously free visas to citizens of the European Union and other visa-excempt countries. The EU and the US have an agreement that allows EU citizens and others that live in countries participating in the visa...

created by Annina Bergman | 12 wks ago
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The FREITAR uprising in Japan.

By, Uwe Paschen. Shibuya, the heart of the new Japan. Shibuya is in Tokyo, a district where over the past decade young and different minded Japanese have established them self, for one it is a cheaper area to...

created by Paschen | 1 year ago | updated 19 wks ago
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VIA Rail and Union settle on Arbitration - Strike Over

340 unionized locomotive engineers walked off the job Friday afternoon, after a noon deadline passed without a new contract. This essentialy shut down all passenger rail travel in Canada. In a joint...

created by albertacowpoke | 19 wks ago
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Update: Toronto CUPE Strike Supense

Update 2: Add to the Insult, Macleans Magazine's Cover feature Mayor Miller in a garbage can with a banana peel with raccoons all around him. That adds to more insult to the city and brownie point to the unions. Yikes, now we know who Maclean sided with!Update:...

opinion by cmegkp | 21 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago
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Europe gas pipeline deal agreed

" Four European Union countries and Turkey have signed an agreement to construct the long-planned 3,300km Nabucco natural gas pipeline. Once completed, the line will bring up to 31 billion cubic metres of gas a...

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created by Babel-Fish | 21 wks ago
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The NEW GM !

Allll riiiigght! America's heavyweight automaker has reentered the fray, "leaner and meaner", we hope! At least, that's what's been reported by the Associated Press. So,...

opinion by Mortal | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
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Civilian Workers Strike Continues at Vance AFB

Rick Boardman can say all he wants to a reporter for the Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle — as he does in this video — in an attempt to justify the decision to strike that garnered support of 94 percent of the union members for whom he serves as president. What he...

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opinion by BMCWrites | 24 wks ago
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Things Are ‘Stormy’ When Labor Strikes Hit Enid

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Things Are ‘Stormy’ When Labor Strikes Hit Enid

Lightning strikes are unpredictable. Labor union strikes…not so much. Both, however, can be damaging. When I was growing up in Enid, Okla., a small northwest Oklahoma town of 47,000, lightning was a...

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opinion by BMCWrites | 26 wks ago
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Is this the End of Capitalism in Germany?

By, Uwe Paschen. Could this be the beginning of the end for Capitalism? On Saturday another demonstration took place with an estimated 100,000 Workers marching through Berlin in protest and anger. Stating on...

created by Paschen | 29 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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