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Letters

February 20, 2004

Uncle Fred was larger than life A special thanks to Tim Wheeler for his article about my uncle, Fred Gaboury. Tim’s family knew Fred well. Uncle Fred was definitely larger than life. When I was growing...

Editorials

February 20, 2004

Wisconsin surprise Wisconsin produced some surprises with Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) coming in a close second to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), thanks to Edwards strong appeal to independents in the state’s open primary Feb. 17. Kerry...

Rx gap hits Blacks, Latinos

February 20, 2004 By Marie C. Reed And J. Lee Hargraves

The Nation’s Health Workers’ Safety Working-age African Americans and Latinos are much more likely than white Americans to report they cannot afford all of their prescription drugs, according to a new study by the Center for...

LABOR UPDATE

February 20, 2004

Government adopts ‘Wal-Mart’ personnel policies Hundreds of federal workers, members of American Federation of Government Employees, took to Capitol Hill last week to protest a new personnel plan for the Department of Defense that would eliminate...

Grocery workers win lawmakers backing

February 19, 2004

LOS ANGELES – If Safeway and its CEO Steve Burd have their way, the 21st century will have conditions more like the 19th century for working families, said Connie Leyva, president of Local 1428 of the...