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Confronting rising medical school debt
October 28, 2005On 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
October 28, 2005Workers’ 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
October 28, 2005DEARBORN, 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
October 28, 2005GM 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
October 28, 2005Haiti: 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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