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Canadian lawmaker urges government to bar Cheney

September 27, 2011 By Cory Collins

Canadian legislator Don Davies is asking his government to deny the entry of Dick Cheney into Canada because the former U.S. vice president enagaged in torture, genocide and human rights vioaltions.

After patient death, nurses urge end to lockout

September 27, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

After a patient died at a Sutter Health hospital Sept. 24 while under the care of strike replacement nurses, the California Nurses Association called on the hospital chain to immediately end its lockout of thousands of...

OSHA warns hair salons on worker exposure to formaldehyde

September 27, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The federal agency is warning the nation's hair salons - again - about the exposure of their low-paid female workers to formaldehyde present in hair smoothing and straightening products.

Honduras resistance forms new political party

September 26, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The National Front for Popular Resistance organized anti-government marches and demonstrations around Honduras.

Longshore union leader: “We’re putting our bodies on the line.”

September 26, 2011 By John Wojcik

Hundreds of port workers have voluntarily stood in front of trains carrying grain to an outlaw company in Longview, Washington. Their struggle has made news across the nation and around the world.