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Labor launches drive for universal health care by 2009
August 31, 2007High-quality health care for all Americans moved closer to reality this Labor Day with the 13-million-member AFL-CIO unveiling a major drive to achieve universal health care by 2009. “The out-of-control cost of health care is crippling...
Read moreWorkers of the world unite for health care, pensions and wages
August 30, 2007On Labor Day, Sept. 3, tens of thousands of Southland union members, their families and supporters representing over 50 unions will march together on the streets of Wilmington, Calif., to honor Labor Day, and call attention...
Read moreCARTOON: Coal will be mined safely
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A few billion here, a few billion there
August 24, 2007The market is up! The market is down! The speculators are losing money! Government better do something quick! Interestingly, among the loudest voices calling for the Federal Reserve to take quick action were the same voices...
Read moreHiroshima Peace Declaration 2007: Aim for a nuclear-weapon-free world
August 24, 2007Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba gave this speech on the morning of Aug. 6, the 62nd anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack. It was translated by the Mainichi, Japan, Daily News. That fateful summer, 8:15. The...
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