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A measuring stick
May 7, 2003Now that President Bush has embarked on giving all Iraqis a national health program, members of Congress are finally sitting up and taking notice. “What about here?” Of course, many trade unionists, community activists and health...
Read moreUAW: Universal health care now
May 7, 2003DETROIT – As contract talks between 300,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members and the Big Three automakers are set to begin in July, three pressing issues are on the minds of autoworkers: health care, pensions, and...
Read moreUnions march for health care in Philly
May 7, 2003PHILADELPHIA – A cold wind and April showers failed to dampen the spirits of Service Employees Local 36 and Healthcare and Hospital Workers Union Local 1199C and their supporters who participated in the Family March for...
Read moreSteelworkers win humane merger
May 7, 2003The future of 8,600 steelworker families and tens of thousands of retirees at National Steel was resolved this week. Amid the shouts of hundreds of steelworkers ringing the Federal Courthouse in Chicago and hoisting their signs,...
Read moreDead and injured remembered in Texas
May 7, 2003TYLER, Texas – On April 26, a bell tolled here for workers who had been killed on the job during the past year. Leaders of the United Steel Workers of America (USWA) read a name, then...
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