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Obesity: Crisis for developed countries
September 20, 2002In the United States obesity in children of all races has increased two to three times over the past 25 years. In England, the rates for the same period are over two times.
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International notes
September 20, 2002Colombia: Workers and youth protest government austerity, repression / Mexico: Paramilitaries arrested in Chiapas / Paraguay: Dozens hurt in anti-government protests / Korea: DPRK and Japan to resume talks / Thailand: ‘Light House’ workers win jobs...
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Nurses ban mandatory overtime in new contract
September 20, 2002OAKLAND – The California Nurses Association (CNA) reached agreement, Sept. 12, on a new four-year contract with Kaiser Permanente, covering 10,200 registered nurses and nurse practitioners at 54 facilities in Northern California, that among other gains,...
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Were standing strong against Yale
September 20, 2002Workers Correspondence Workers at Yale-New Haven Hospital have been organizing for the right to a union for the past four years. Now, the unionized workers at the hospital and at Yale University are tying their contract...
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August unemployment report: Things are NOT getting better
September 20, 2002Writers who have appeared in this column have been among the most outspoken in challenging those who tell us the recession is over. (“There really wasn’t one, anyway,” Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill and others tell us.)...
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