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Bush blocks children’s rights at U.N. session
May 18, 2002In the United Nations Special Session on Children, May 8-10, the Bush administration stood virtually isolated from the world community because of its opposition to comprehensive reproductive health services and sex education for teenagers. For the...
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Pennsylvanians tell Gov. Schweiker: ‘Hands off our health care’
May 18, 2002HARRISBURG, Pa. - On May 1 over 200 people gathered here for a rally and lobby day to tell Gov. Mark Schweiker, 'Hands off our health care.' The crowd included two busloads of uninsured workers and...
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Action needed on nursing shortage
May 18, 2002The historic actions taken in California that establish the maximum number of patients a hospital can assign to a nurse are sending shockwaves across the country. Finally, at least one state took the proper action to...
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Latin American workers tell it like it is
May 18, 2002DENVER, Colo. - While leaders of the International Chamber of Commerce and other advocates touted the benefits of capitalist globalization here May 6, 500 demonstrators made a counterpoint: not everyone benefits as businesses rack up huge...
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AT&T workers rally for justice
May 18, 2002CHICAGO - AT&T Broadband workers rallied here April 29 to demand the right to organize. Joined by supporters from the Chicago-area labor movement, they cheered as AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka and other labor leaders vowed to...
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