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    Editorials

    December 5, 2003

    Dec. 10: International Human Rights Day “Workers’ Rights are Human Rights.” That is the slogan for AFL-CIO rallies, marches, and candlelight vigils across the nation Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day. It marks the 55th anniversary...

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  • A tax added to attacks on unions

    A tax added to attacks on unions

    December 5, 2003

    View from S. Halsted Elaine Chao, the Bush-appointed Secretary of Labor, wants to “empower and protect workers” with the new “financial disclosure” requirements her department is imposing on our unions. Thanks Elaine. The administration that has...

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  • Cuba develops low-cost childrens vaccine

    Cuba develops low-cost childrens vaccine

    December 5, 2003

    Cuban researchers have developed the first synthetic vaccine against the bacteria that causes pneumonia and meningitis, the main cause of almost half of the infections of children under five in the developing world. According to UNICEF,...

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  • Rally supports nurses against corporate predator

    Rally supports nurses against corporate predator

    December 5, 2003

    PHILADELPHIA – Several hundred members of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees District 1199C waved their yellow banners as they rallied along with other unionists and community people in solidarity with striking Medical...

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  • Students rally in support of grocery strikers

    Students rally in support of grocery strikers

    December 5, 2003

    SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Students from Santa Monica City College’s Progressive Student Alliance rallied with striking grocery workers Nov. 23 at a Pavilions market in Beverly Hills. Hails of support and cars honking gave the protestors...

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