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New wave of support for HR 676
June 24, 2005“America’s trillion-dollar health care system would be far more efficient if all the money spent on administrative costs and insurance profit went directly to health care. There’s only one way to do that effectively: single-payer coverage...
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Tennessee cuts services to disabled
June 24, 2005NASHVILLE — Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has sentenced persons with disabilities who require ventilators to “life imprisonment” in a nursing home, according to a statement issued by a civil rights organization for persons with disabilities. The...
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Union pension funds exercise clout
June 24, 2005People Before Profits DETROIT (PAI) — Union investment money is doing the talking — and in some cases, the walking — as organized labor is moving into a renewed strategy of using pension dollars to win...
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Labor Update
June 24, 2005Unity resolutions Three central labor councils in Ohio passed resolutions this week calling for labor unity in response to warnings of a possible split in the U.S. labor movement. CLCs in Dayton, Cincinnati, and Columbus (Franklin...
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World Notes
June 24, 2005Pakistan: Troops jail workers Pakistani security forces took over Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) June 12 and arrested more than 300 workers and union leaders after they called a strike against the company’s privatization, The Hindu...
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