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Source: NYTimes

Click on the video image to watch “Vidéo de Nessma montrant les agressions des milices contre les membres de l’UGTT,” or “Nessma video showing militia assault against the members of the UGTT.”
A media description of the video describes the sequence: “A shocking video broadcast on Nessma TV shows yesterday’s attack in Tunis on the central headquarters of the UGTT union by a group of government supporters. Hundreds are seen in the video just before they attack Tunisia’s most powerful union and then during the attack itself, with the attackers using what seems an iron bar or railings to knock down the door. The video shows the attackers chasing the union members and hitting them with sticks and flag poles. One of the most shocking sequences shows a unionist hit to the back of his neck by a stick, who then fell violently to the ground and continued to be kicked in the head, despite his clearly being unconscious. A few minutes later police in anti-riot gear arrived in front of the union headquarters and placed themselves between the attackers and those attempting to defend the offices. However, the police seemed to take a passive stance in the video, despite the fact that the...

CHS is the third-largest US exporter of grain, moving more than one billion bushels of grain to more than 60 countries through its network of elevators and terminals in North and South America, Europe and Asia. This Temco export grain facility in Tacoma WA, is a joint venture between Cargill and CHS, as are the Temco facilities in Kalama and Portland.
In a ten year period CHS’s revenues have climbed from $7.85bn to $40bn
The largest co-op in the US is unknown to most Americans — but it is a critical element of the country’s economy.
CHS Inc. is a farmer-owned co-op headquartered in Inver Grove, Minnesota, just south of St Paul. It was formed in 1998 through a merger of Cenex and Harvest States, both date back to the 1930s. The co-op is owned by 325,000 farmer members – either directly or indirectly, via about 1,100 local co-ops across the US Midwest and Northwest.
In 2012, CHS will for the first time in its history achieve sales of over $40 billion. That places CHS as No.1 on the National Cooperative Bank (NCB) list of the top 100 co-operatives in the USA. Net income for CHS in 2012 was $1.26bn, the first time any US co-op has earned over the $1bn net...

Source: AFL-CIO