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Supreme Court makes it harder for older workers to prove discrimination
June 26, 2009Original source: Last week, in a 5-to-4 decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., the Supreme Court made it harder for employees to win age discrimination lawsuits. The lawsuit was brought by Jack Gross, a...
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Supreme Court rules strip-search of teen illegal
June 26, 2009WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a school's strip search of an Arizona teenage girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen was illegal. The court ruled 8-1 on Thursday that school officials violated the...
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Working families rally for health care reform in nation’s capital
June 26, 2009Original source: As thousands of workers and their unions rally today in Washington for comprehensive health care reform AFSCME Legislative Director Chuck Loveless says private insurers cannot continue to monopolize health care. “It’s extremely important that...
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Astonishing speed and breadth of pww.org
June 25, 2009Tim Yeager, who was interviewed in a recent article on our web site, says he was “astonished at the speed of the article, not only going up on the web site, but also the speed it...
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Wells Fargo charged with job-icide and home-icide
June 25, 2009CHICAGO — Dozens of labor, community and religious leaders rallied here in front of the Wells Fargo home lending offices June 23 demanding the bank save 100 jobs and extend credit to the Quad City Die...
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