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A very nice collection of links to labor movement history and issues on RandomWalks.

And in other news, I have no idea how authoritative this is, but this article says Dick Cheney is fighting for his political life after recent revelations that his former employer Halliburton is benefitting from Iraq graft. The Washington Post has a calmer perspective, featuring this Cheney quote:

Cheney seems unperturbed about the criticism he receives. In the interview with USA Today and the Los Angeles Times, he was asked whether he felt compelled to deal with "the caricature of you that has evolved over the last three years, the whole undisclosed location thing, the sinister force behind the president's policies."

"Why do I want to deal with it?" Cheney replied. "What's wrong with my image? Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole?" he added. "It's a nice way to operate, actually."