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Nurse speaks out on short staffing
August 4, 2006Workers’ CorrespondenceA registered nurse responds to Washington state correspondent Chris Lindberg’s report on a class action suit by nurses charging hospitals with conspiring to hold down their wages. I want to thank you for your article...
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Indianapolis organizing news
August 4, 2006AFSCME librarians vow to shelve budget cuts, SEIU janitors fight to clean up poverty wages Demanding the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Board recognize its workers’ collective bargaining rights, 60 American Federation of State, County, and Municipal...
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From NY, DC 37 member comments on new contract: How can public workers defend gains?
August 4, 2006Workers’ Correspondence How can public workers win decent contracts, given government insistence that contracts be funded by givebacks? How can public workers defend their hard-won health care benefits and pensions? These questions are being discussed by...
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WORLD NOTES
August 4, 2006Russia: Autoworkers build independent union An independent union is taking root at a 4-year-old Ford assembly plant on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. Alexei Etmanov, a welder, attended a union conference in Brazil last year where...
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In Mexico, 3 million march for recount
August 4, 2006MEXICO CITY — Amid widespread evidence of election fraud, public pressure continues to grow for Mexican authorities to recount the vote. Nearly 3 million people from every state of Mexico converged on Mexico City July 30...
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