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THE LATEST FROM CWA
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Membership Meeting
We are located approximately 1.1 miles north of the Capital Beltway (Route 495).
We look forward to seeing you there!
· May 14, 2008
Membership Meeting
We are located approximately 1.1 miles north of the Capital Beltway (Route 495). We look forward to seeing you there!
· Jun 11, 2008
Membership Meeting
We are located approximately 1.1 miles north of the Capital Beltway (Route 495).
We look forward to seeing you there!
· Jul 9, 2008
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18,000 buried under debris in China
More than 18,000 people are reported buried under rubble in just one earthquake-hit city of China as teams of rescuers battle broken roads, mudslides and heavy rain in desperate efforts to reach them. The death toll in Sichuan province alone exceeds 12,000, according to the official Xinhua News...
News Item · CNN Top Stories · May 13, 2008
Suspicion rises over higher food costs
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News Item · CNN US · May 13, 2008
China quake toll likely tens of thousands
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - China's most devastating earthquake in three decades killed more than 12,000 people with the toll likely to soar after state media said on Tuesday nearly 19,000 were buried under rubble in one city alone.
News Item · Reuters · May 13, 2008
CLUW Shines Spotlight on Women’s Health
This week, May 11–17, is National Women's Health Week. Beginning on Mother’s Day, Women’s Health Week encourages women to make their health a top priority and take simple steps for a longer and healthier life. Families, communities, businesses, government, health organizations and...
News Item · AFL-CIO Blog · May 13, 2008
Expanding Guest Worker Program Would Hurt U.S. Workers
With 7 million U.S. workers unemployed, why do employers clamor that they need to import foreign workers to work in low-wage jobs as dishwashers, hotel maids, crab pickers and landscape laborers? The answer is simple, according to Ross Eisenbrey, vice president of the Economic Policy Institute...
News Item · AFL-CIO Blog · May 13, 2008
Union Member-to-Member Walks Kick Off AFL-CIO 2008 Election Mobilization
Hundreds of AFL-CIO union members in three states kicked off the first round of door-to-door, member-to-member walks this past weekend as part of the AFL-CIO's massive get-out-the-vote political mobilization program. They distributed fliers and educated union members about the real...
News Item · AFL-CIO Blog · May 13, 2008
2,500 Workers at General Motors in Kansas on Strike and More Bargaining News
Some 2,500 workers at a General Motors facility in Kansas are on strike and more news from "Bargaining Digest Weekly." The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this...
News Item · AFL-CIO Blog · May 13, 2008
Writer Kasra Naji on Ahmadinejad's 'Secret History'
Iran's president was relatively unknown on the international stage before he was elected, but he's a standard-bearer for a new generation of hardliners. In a new biography, journalist Kasra Naji explores Ahmadinejad's rise to power, his complex character and his motivations.
News Item · NPR News · May 13, 2008
Chinese Rescuers Hunt for Quake Victims in Rubble
Rescue workers in central China were trying to clear rubble from schools and flattened homes Tuesday as they searched for survivors from the deadliest earthquake to hit the country in three decades. In Mianyang city in Sichuan province, rescue workers said thousands of people could still be trapped.
News Item · NPR News · May 13, 2008