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But this is a strategic question, and I write as a dissident who once made a conscious decision to become a union leader in the very organization that I continually confronted and challenged as a rank-and-filer.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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I am an old UAW rank-and-filer, given more to battling management for jobs than thinking as an owner.
Archive 2009-02-01 Tom Laney 2009
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In this matter I am a rank-and-filer, and can speak only from that vantage-point.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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I am not a union activist by any means, just a rank-and-filer.
Ghost Postie 2006
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Taiho's 45-bout winning streak on Thursday, overpowering rank-and-filer Kitataiki on the 12th day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
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Veteran ozeki Kaio overpowered winless rank-and-filer Homasho after wrapping his arms around the No. 1 maegashira's waist and heaving him out in seconds to improve his slate to
News On Japan 2009
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Veteran ozeki Kaio overpowered winless rank-and-filer Homasho after wrapping his arms around the No. 1 maegashira's waist and heaving him out in seconds to improve his slate to
News On Japan 2009
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a bit of not-quite-accurate intel, or just some renegade Cupertino rank-and-filer amused at seeing his whispers amplified to a million decibels by rabid media outlets.
TechNewsWorld 2010
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As rank-and-filer Lola Young explained to The Sacramento Bee, "It was like asking me if I wanted to be shot in the left knee or the right knee.
CounterPunch 2009
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