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Anti-birth-control fanatic to head govt family planning office
December 8, 2006Last month, President Bush appointed a longtime opponent of contraception, Dr. Eric Keroack, to head the government agency charged with providing access to contraceptive information and supplies to low-income individuals. Keroack will serve as the assistant...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
December 8, 2006N.C. alliance supports Smithfield workers A coalition including the state NAACP, the North Carolina Council of Churches and the United Food and Commercial Workers reached across the state of North Carolina Dec. 2 to hold protests...
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Housing costs: Why cant union workers live in NYC?
December 8, 2006Workers’ CorrespondenceNew York City’s rapidly increasing cost of living makes residency within its five boroughs unaffordable. During recent contract negotiations between the city and AFSCME DC 37 moves were made toward giving public workers the right...
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Coal miners still await action for safe mines
December 8, 2006PITTSBURGH — Mining is a basic industry, not given to fluff or mounds of paper. Despite the history-making call by West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin to halt coal production in the state in the wake of...
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WORLD NOTES
December 8, 2006Nigeria: Focus on South-South ties A first-ever summit of 53 African and 12 South American countries opened Nov. 29 in Abuja, Nigeria. Organized by the African Union, the meeting had South-South cooperation as its main theme....
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