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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
    Cesar Chavez

    :: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 ::

    Can Nordic paper workers resist capitalist demands for rollbacks? - by Mike Martin, Straight Goods
    The issues in dispute are not the usual suspects - money and benefits - but rather about the use of temporary workers and production breaks during national holidays. Management wants to compensate employees for extra work on holidays by paying them more money. The union members want to continue to have their time off work.

    Strike shuts Finnish paper mills BBC NEWS
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