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Watch out for Citizens Health Care Working Group
September 16, 2005As grassroots activists across the country pressure Congress and state capitols for universal, affordable health care, they are in danger of being whacked by a little known congressionally pushed “group.” The dishonestly named Citizens’ Health Care...
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Barbara Bush relocated: Former first lady moved to new location away from cameras, microphones
September 16, 2005Just days after former First Lady Barbara Bush made widely publicized remarks about people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina, the White House said today that Mrs. Bush had been moved to “a new location away from...
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Flat world? Friedman on globalization
September 16, 2005Thomas Friedman, lead New York Times op-ed writer on international affairs, can drive most any class partisan to pull his or her hair out. Like some preachers who visit a picket line to denounce both corporate...
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Teamsters, CWA form airline customer service alliance
September 16, 2005The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters today announced a proposed alliance to jointly represent passenger service agents at US Airways when the merger of America West and US Airways is completed....
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World Notes
September 16, 2005Canada: Locked-out media workers Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) workers, locked out since Aug. 15, are gaining solidarity in Canada and beyond. On Sept. 6, reporters and editors at Canadian Press and Broadcast News held a byline...
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