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Oakland workers, neighbors give Port Board an earful
May 6, 2009OAKLAND, Calif. -- Port board members got an earful from workers and local residents at a May 2 public hearing on the Comprehensive Truck Management Plan the Port of Oakland is preparing as part of its...
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Unions put paid family leave on the table
May 6, 2009Original source: (WOMENSENEWS)--Not so long ago, family-friendly benefits were mainly considered the concern of young female workers. But no more, says sociologist and labor leader Jamie F. Dangler. 'When we began working on family leave in...
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Haiti: Battered and unready for looming storm season
May 6, 2009WASHINGTON, May 4 (IPS) - Haiti’s environmental degradation is a time bomb that needs urgent attention if the country is to preserve its already strained social and economic stability, says a new briefing from the International...
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Howard Dean: Public health insurance is ‘core fight’
May 6, 2009Winning a public health insurance option for all Americans is the “core fight” in the health care reform battle, former Gov. Howard Dean told more than 1,300 people in a national online conference organized by MoveOn.org....
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Message to the Chicago Haymarket Memorial Ceremony
May 6, 2009For all of us in the AFL-CIO—for the millions of women and men who build our houses, teach our kids, fight our fires, and nurse us back to health—this is a special day. On this May...
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