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INDUSTRIAL WORKER OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD November 2010 #1730 Vol. 107 No. 9 $1/ £ 1/ €1 Staughton Lynd Labor Rights 2010 “In November ISC Remembers Commemorates Violations at Jimmy We Remember” Murdered Trade Vicky Starr 4 John’s 5 Features 6-13 Unionists 16 Longshoremen Wildcat Strikes Halt East Coast Shipping By Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes The ILA did not sanction the strike ;&".+7&-/$4&-2/-+$+7,3$#&4"$37/$ !"#$%&'!%$&()'*!%+$,-./#$0/01/-+$1!'2$ V!+3$U&!+3J+$1*../+3$8&-3$&"$6/835$DW=$(&-$ 3&$4&-25$67*88/-+$/98/'3/#$3&$+//2$#!0 37/$)-+3$3*0/$*"$#/'!#/+5 ages. A/01/-+$&($37/$:"3/-"!3*&"!%$;&". 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