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December 12, 2003Remove Dr. Death Despite the Republicans’ highly touted jobless recovery and last month’s pathetically small uptick in employment figures, this holiday season 15 million unemployed and underemployed Americans are preoccupied with sending out resumes, not Christmas...
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FTAA No way!
December 12, 2003In Miami last month, trade ministers from around the Americas gathered for talks on the Free Trade Area of the Americas. FTAA negotiations, which have been going on for several years without substantive input from “civil...
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Attack on California workers comp
December 12, 2003The attack on the California Workers’ Compensation system, being orchestrated by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s corporate think tanks, dramatizes the importance of workers’ comp in state politics.
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Public Health Association opposes new drug bill
December 12, 2003Shortly before Congress passed the Bush administration-sponsored Medicare drug bill, the American Public Health Association said the bill “creates real problems in access to and the cost of prescription drug for seniors,” and urged its members...
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Philadelphia Nurses reject contract
December 12, 2003PHILADELPHIA – Nurses at the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital (MCP), on strike for nearly a month, rejected Tenet Health Care Corporation’s latest contract offer on Dec. 1. The issue, nurses say, is mandatory overtime. They...
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