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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    June 22, 2007

    ARROWSIC, Maine: Town meeting adopts antiwar stance The town meeting is a democratic assembly unique to the New England region that brings voters together to determine the direction of their community for a year. Their decisions...

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  • Sicko energizes health care debate

    Sicko energizes health care debate

    June 22, 2007 By Marilyn Bechtel

    Even before it officially opens in thousands of theaters across the country on June 29, Michael Moore’s latest documentary “Sicko” is already impacting the national health care debate. Over 1,000 nurses and supporters braved sweltering heat...

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  • Labor applies Capitol Hill heat for worker rights

    Labor applies Capitol Hill heat for worker rights

    June 22, 2007 By Teresa Albano

    WASHINGTON — No matter how hot and sweaty it got here June 19, support for the Employee Free Choice Act was hotter. Some 3,000 union members and allies rallied on Capitol Hill for the most radical...

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  • This strike belongs to all who believe in justice!

    This strike belongs to all who believe in justice!

    June 22, 2007

    CHICAGO — Four years after 150 employees walked off the job at the historic Congress Plaza Hotel to protest cuts in wages and health benefits, workers continue to picket, saying they are holding out for a...

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  • Voters in Ontario, Canada, mull electoral reform

    Voters in Ontario, Canada, mull electoral reform

    June 15, 2007

    ONTARIO, Canada — Ontario Province will hold a referendum on a new voting system when voters go to the polls here Oct. 10. The Ontario Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform is recommending a switch from the...

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