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Stories by Steve Early
Rural America Is Being Left off the Information Superhighway
Posted on May 19, 2007, Source: The Nation
Verizon's proposed plan of a $2.7 billion transfer of local access lines to FairPoint Communications -- a small, largely nonunion North Carolina firm -- is part of a nationwide trend toward rural telecom redlining.
No Whistling While You Work
Posted on Jun 10, 2003, Source: Labor Notes
A judge rules that union supporters can't whistle on the job.