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  • Confronting rising medical school debt

    Confronting rising medical school debt

    October 28, 2005

    On Sept. 21 a daylong conference on Capitol Hill discussed the crisis in skyrocketing medical school tuition, high medical student debt and the implications for our nation’s health care. High tuition costs and high debt are...

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  • San Diego labor stresses unity

    San Diego labor stresses unity

    October 28, 2005

    Workers’ Correspondence On Nov. 8 organized labor and its allies in San Diego will face their first significant political challenge since the landmark AFL-CIO convention last summer. What’s at stake is the future of a labor-community...

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  • Detroit rallies for HR 676

    Detroit rallies for HR 676

    October 28, 2005

    DEARBORN, Mich. — Several hundred Detroit area residents gathered here Oct. 17 to speak out on the health care crisis in the U.S. and to demand a national solution. Organized by the Healthcare Now! coalition, sponsored...

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  • This week in labor

    This week in labor

    October 28, 2005

    GM runs over autoworker health care General Motors workers are now voting on a new concession package that will cost retirees up to $752 a year for their health care. GM says the new agreement will...

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  • World Notes

    World Notes

    October 28, 2005

    Haiti: UN official calls rights ‘catastrophic’ UN official Thierry Fagart, who heads a team of 30 human rights monitors, said Oct. 14 that the human rights situation in Haiti is “catastrophic,” The Associated Press reported. Fagart...

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