03.22.22

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Glorious Day for Rights of European Workers

Posted in Europe, Patents at 12:00 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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Summary: Workers of the EPO will stay out; they have more important things to do as priorities have shifted. Don’t be a ‘scab’. Join the colleagues’ actions.

“The most important word in the language of the working class is ‘solidarity.’”

–Harry Bridges

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

–Martin Luther King, Jr.

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