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Many events important in 1958
By Dusty McCance, chairman United Auto Workers Local 145 50th Anniversary Committee    Here is...

The dues saga continues for Local 145 members; check stubs
By Kim Trout, financial secretary United Auto Workers Local 145    Evidently we need to run this...

Local 2096 officers take oath of office
By Gary L. Koch, president, John Bogucki, vice president, and Tom Weber, Bargaining chairman, United Auto Wor...

Local 145 committees now available
By Dusty McCance, Vice president, and Joe Morel, committeeman United Auto Workers Local 145 (A team report)...

Made in China? Ring untrue
By Donna Crane    Back in the 1930s most individuals felt so safe they didn’t even lock the doors...

On learning wisdom in Iraq
By Donna Crane    It appears that we are on a path, one book at a time, to understand how and why...

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Endorsement given for president, not for oil tax cuts
By Carter Crane    Here is a collection of notes, relevant to labor, even though briefly mentione...

Not a handout, just dedication, hard work
         May 16, 2008 Dear editor;    Nothing outra...

Small changes in a move to group solidarity essential
By Carter Crane    Change.    To some of us change is a four-letter word, in prac...

On funding for schools, teachers’unions
         May 16, 2008 Dear editor;    I, too, was s...

Patriotism includes financial responsibility by officials
By Carter Crane    Memorial Day begins the Spring and Summer patriotic tour. Memorial Day is mor...

Why talks with Iran important
         May 13, 2008 Dear editor;    A desperate p...

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On finding from the heart, flowing rivers of living water
By Dan Richardson    “There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy pl...

Richard Clarke’s newest book a focus on continuing U.S. government failures
By Donna Crane    Richard A. Clarke has written a new book entitled: “Your Government Failed You....

Under the weather, call goes out to fill in for Someone Else
By Tim Smith, president, United Auto Workers Local 145 Brothers and sisters;    It appears that...

Fighting for the American Dream finds resistance, greed
   Editor’s note: Tim Smith in occasional installments is recalling the year 1997 when a long battle f...

God’s grace irresistible and full of much joy and gladness
By Dan Richardson    “Listen, O daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your own people also, and your f...

Record-shattering energy, food prices, put commodities’ investors on hot seat
By Donna Crane    We listen to political candidates try to gain our vote in November and citizens...

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Cooled-off Cougars in position for a Midwest playoff birth
By Woodrow Carroll    After a 10-0 start this season, the Kane County Cougars slowed down to the ...

Fire hot on the road in MLS play; returns home June 28
By Woodrow Carroll    There is good news for Chicago Fire soccer fans: Your team is on the road f...

Lessons learned with Ced, Vinny: Nothing certain
By Carter Crane    What a great time for sports.    The Chicago Bulls evidently m...

Konerko blast revives Guillen, Sox, in streak
By Larry Peterson    The Chicago White Sox rebounded last week with great hitting and continued g...

‘Talented’ Sox sweep recent homestand 7-0
By Woodrow Carroll    Perhaps it was home cooking. Maybe it was the presence of the Kansas City R...

Cubs bolstered by West Coast trip, hitting, and pitching
   The West Coast trip: Words which often bring chills down the spines of Chicago sports fans did not pha...

 

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