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Thousands march against health cuts in Los Angeles
August 30, 2002LOS ANGELES – Thousands of demonstrators protested here Aug. 20, in a massive march against the closing of hospitals and community health clinics by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. “These cuts won’t heal!” were...
Read moreOhio voters demand affordable medicine
August 30, 2002CLEVELAND, Ohio – The five-million-strong Ohio Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs is “fed up with legislative stonewalling.” An “Initiative Petition,” filed July 2, has lain in limbo with no action for over a month in Ohio...
Read moreYale workers battle Ivy league economics
August 30, 2002Job security, classifications, promotions and pensions are at stake when 4,000 Yale workers take a strike authorization vote on Sept. 4, as well as the right of graduate teachers and hospital workers to organize. But for...
Read moreTWU launches save the fare struggle
August 30, 2002Workers Correspondence As our local union prepares to negotiate a labor contract with New York City Transit, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proclaimed that a $2.00 subway fare was in the offing. The current fare is $1.50....
Read moreNo-match letters: anti-union weapon
August 30, 2002“No-match” letters have become the weapon of choice as employers and the government step up their attack on immigrant workers. The Social Security Administration sends these letters to employers advising them that information in the administration’s...
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