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		<title>Faith, Prisoners of Conscience and Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we approach Easter weekend, the time when Christians around the world remember the death and resurrection of Jesus, it&#8217;s appropriate to recognize &#8211; whether you the reader are a Christian or not &#8212; the power of this event. Many consider the celebration of Easter a private event, done in one&#8217;s home, perhaps with a nice meal. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solidarnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061194&amp;post=174&amp;subd=solidarnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m just saying&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have an employer like this,   It is good to have a bit of this: A happy Easter to all Solidarnotes readers.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solidarnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061194&amp;post=169&amp;subd=solidarnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Justice? Think Trade Unions First.</title>
		<link>http://solidarnotes.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/economic-justice-think-trade-unions-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More on this later, but for now, have a chew on this profound quote: Just as it is gravely wrong to take from individuals what they can accomplish by their own initiative and industry and give it to the community, so also it is an injustice and at the same time a grave evil and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solidarnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061194&amp;post=161&amp;subd=solidarnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Progressive in the Prairies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Progressive labour relations? Perhaps not, but it&#8217;s hilarious anyway. Check out last night&#8217;s episode of Corner Gas for a primetime look at the rough and tumble world of labour relations in that beautiful province of Saskatchewan. Way to go, Wanda and Hank! I&#8217;d say the resolution was win-win, wouldn&#8217;t you? (Keep your eye open for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solidarnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061194&amp;post=157&amp;subd=solidarnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Captive in Cuba (II)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following up on our &#8220;Captive in Cuba&#8221; post, we are now able to link to a sample letter which we are encouraging readers to send to their MPs, asking them to call for the release of the prisoners or, at the very least, the release of the parliamentary report on Cuba. The letter can be found by clicking: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solidarnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061194&amp;post=150&amp;subd=solidarnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Justice for Diaz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of you will likely remember a recent post in which we had asked readers of this blog to involve themselves through emails/faxes to Honduran officials with regard to a labour rights case in Latin America involving the murder of a lawyer advocating for the rights of security guards. The case revolved around a classic mafioso style hit. Two men on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solidarnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061194&amp;post=136&amp;subd=solidarnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Captive in Cuba.</title>
		<link>http://solidarnotes.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/captive-in-cuba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, March 18, 2009 marks six years since over 75 people were arrested in Cuba for exercising their basic rights as human beings. Among these 75 were six independent trade unionists, members of the United Council of Cuban Workers (CUTC). Their crime? Trying to form an independent trade union. That&#8217;s it. Period. They were charged [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solidarnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061194&amp;post=127&amp;subd=solidarnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment and Art</title>
		<link>http://solidarnotes.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/unemployment-and-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is something fundamental about work and its relationship to our identity isn&#8217;t there? After all, many people spend almost as much time or more at their respective places of work than they do with their families. Think about it: A given week has 168 hours in it. Assuming a five day, eight hour work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solidarnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061194&amp;post=110&amp;subd=solidarnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Work, family and loss</title>
		<link>http://solidarnotes.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/work-family-and-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This accident on Thursday will reverberate, has reverberated, through the entire province, but there is one group of the folks back home that will feel it more than anyone except relatives and intimates of those affected. The men and women who work on these rigs &#8211; due to their common endeavour, and due as well [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solidarnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061194&amp;post=104&amp;subd=solidarnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Labour war or Labour peace? What about Labour Justice?</title>
		<link>http://solidarnotes.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/strike-two-labour-war-or-labour-peace-what-about-labour-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second post in a series providing an introductory examination of labour strikes and their place in the world of labour relations. In our first instalment in this series, &#8220;Strike, One!&#8220;, we compared the positions held by various parties on strikes to those held on the question of war. The spectrum ranged from strike doves to strike hawks. Doves [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=solidarnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6061194&amp;post=78&amp;subd=solidarnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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