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U.S. health care falls short
October 13, 2006How does U.S. health care measure up? The N.Y.-based Commonwealth Fund has released a report entitled “A National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance.” The United States ranks 15th out of 19 countries in deaths of...
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CWA VP speaks on Iraq war
October 13, 2006WASHINGTON (PAI) — There are many parallels between the Vietnam War and the present Iraq war, says a Communications Workers vice president who helped lead the AFL-CIO into its anti-Iraq war stand last year. Speaking at...
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Hotel workers check in on struggle nationwide
October 13, 2006NEW YORK — Unite Here’s nationwide “Hotel Workers Rising” campaign picked up wins in Chicago, San Francisco and Monterey, Calif., in late September, the union reported here recently. In a separate triumph, Unite Here Local 5...
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Bushs reckless, imperial foreign policy
October 13, 2006A March 2006 Council on Foreign Relations task force report on Russia, co-chaired by Jack Kemp and John Edwards, recommended the United States adopt a Cold War approach toward Russia. According to the task force, Russian...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
October 13, 2006RNs threaten strike for union rights Thirty thousand members of the California Nurses Association have signed strike pledges putting employers in all CNA-represented facilities on notice that RN’s will strike any employer who seeks to exploit...
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