Word: laboral
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...Their conflicted roles in the current strike hark back to a less well remembered labor battle of nearly three decades ago. Letterman and Leno were key figures in one of the strangest and bitterest labor-management disputes in show-business history: the Comedy Store strike...
...Clinton's close ties with the Hispanic community: she has the backing of the United Farm Workers. The union founded by Cesar Chavez is an unparalleled organizing force of Californian Latinos. Obama recently won the support of Maria Elena Durazo, the head of Los Angeles County Federation of Labor AFL-CIO, though her endorsement is personal and doesn't carry the weight of her unions. He also this week won the support of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a favorite of unions, which may also help him with the union vote...
...last November's election, an apology was one of Labor's key campaign promises. "Simply saying that you're sorry is such a powerful symbol," said now-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, "powerful simply because it restores respect." Opposition Indigenous Affairs spokesman Tony Abbott said Jan. 30, "We are skeptical as to what a formal apology will achieve... I think it would be fair to say we don't regard this as anything like the highest priority in indigenous affairs...
...road?launching the comedy-club boom of the 1980s. All of which was part of laying the groundwork for a culture in which comedians turned TV hosts help set the national agenda and have would-be Presidents as guests. Letterman and Leno may look more like management than labor these days?more Mitzi Shore than strikers. But they haven't forgotten the old grievances. They know all the lines...
...course intends to cover such topics as international trade, development assistance, international financial flows, global warming, immigration and labor mobility, and foreign investment...