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James Parks wrote a new diary post: IBEW Members Ready to Create Green Jobs in California
With local unemployment running at nearly 30 percent in California’s Imperial County—the highest rate since the Great Depression—the members of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 569 in San Diego plan to play a big role in helping to rebound the county’s economy. Under a 2009 executive order by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), one-third of the Golden State’s energy [...]
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James Parks wrote a new diary post: Colombian Workers: Keep Fighting Trade Agreement
Over the past 24 years, more than 2,800 trade union members have been killed in Colombia and the government’s highly publicized efforts to bring the killers to justice are just a public relations spin to try and convince the United States to sign the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Colombian workers said today. International solidarity is “fundamental,” said [...]
