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EDITORIAL: Immigration hearings evoke bad memories
June 23, 2006The Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has let it be known that instead of immediately convoking a conference committee to reconcile House and Senate bills on immigration (HR 4437 and S 2611), they are...
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Bush administration failing Americas AIDS crisis
June 23, 2006A new report suggests that the Bush administration is failing to adequately combat the AIDS crisis in the United States. The Open Society Institute, a public policy research organization, recently released a comprehensive report on the...
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Missouri moves for single-payer
June 23, 2006UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — “Currently 33 percent of every health insurance dollar goes to administration,” said Julia Lamborn, president of Missourians for Single Payer Health Care (MOSP) at a June 7 press conference here. Lamborn announced...
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My bad boss contest
June 23, 2006Workers can win a paid getaway from their boss — a one week vacation to one of a variety of destinations in the U.S., Canada or Mexico — by sharing their “worst bosses” experiences online in...
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The power of solidarity
June 23, 2006Worker's Correspondence Last week at the monthly meeting of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus here in the Chicago area, our union local vice president mentioned that the Laborers’ strike had been settled “very favorably” thanks in...
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