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Tennessee disabled rights sit-in enters third month
September 2, 2005NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The occupation of Gov. Phil Bredesen’s office here by disabled rights activists has entered its third month. The activists are protesting proposed cuts in TennCare, Tennessee’s state health care program. The occupation began...
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Missing! Five million workers are missing, and almost nobody has noticed
September 2, 2005When the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that July’s unemployment rate was only 5 percent, President Bush interrupted his five-week vacation to take credit for a strong economy. But a report released earlier this summer...
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Labor Update
September 2, 2005Service workers of the world unite! CHICAGO — Fifteen hundred unionists from 140 countries gathered here Aug. 22-25 to advance plans to increase workers’ power through global solidarity. The second world congress of UNI, Union Network...
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World Notes
September 2, 2005France: African immigrants die in fires In the second fire in four months to sweep through temporary housing facilities for immigrants, 14 children and three adults died Aug. 26 when fire gutted their building in southeastern...
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Bolton thumbs nose at UN Millennium Goals
September 2, 2005NEW YORK — In his first official act as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton has already fulfilled his critics’ worst fears by delivering what many say may be a fatal blow to the...
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