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  • Slaughterhouses May Have Employed Children for Graveyard Shift

    Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. (PSSI) is a major U.S. food safety sanitation company. And it may be in some very hot water right now.On Nov. 9th, the Labor Department filed a request in federal court that seeked to obtain “a nation-wide temporary restraining order and injunction” against PSSI, “to stop the company from illegally employing dozens of minor-aged workers while the department continues its investigation of the company’s labor practices,” according to a Department news release.The inquiry of PSSI commenced in late August. The Labor Department called for the injunction after wrapping up its investigation.The charges just don’t read well.…

  • Bush Signs Weakened Port Security Measure

    Bush’s measure onport security may bea case of ‘too little,too late’.Bush Signs Weakened Port Security MeasureBy Cliff Montgomery    President Bush on Friday signed a massive port and cargo security bill,…

  • Are Iraqi Forces Behind ‘Death Squads’?

    Are some of the veryIraqi groups the U.S.created to maintainorder nowspreading death inBaghdad?Are Iraqi Forces Behind ‘Death Squads’?By Cliff MontgomeryThe drama unfolds again and again throughout Baghdad: people are quickly…

  • 9/11 Commissioners Speak Of Inaction On Proposals

    Why has thebipartisan 9/11Commission beenignored by the BushWhite House?9/11 Commissioners Speak of Inaction On ProposalsBy Cliff MontgomeryThough Republicans may tout themselves as the party “tough on terrorists,” they’ve done little…

  • Congress Finally Tackles Port Security

    Why has it taken theU.S. government solong to secure ourports?Congress Finally Tackles Port SecurityBy Cliff MontgomeryThe G.O.P. has worked long and hard to cultivate an image of being “tough”–“tough” on…