health
Consumers league: Plight of restaurant workers makes dining out unappetizing
September 10, 2012Restaurant servers don't receive the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour - they get only $2.13, the federal "tipped minimum wage." That wage has been the same for 21 years.
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New Jersey’s chromium spill site to be torn down
September 5, 2012Nearly 30 years after toxic chromium spilled from the E.C. Electroplating plant, the EPA announced that the building would be demolished.
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GOP wants government to turn its back on us
August 30, 2012The Republican Party's 2012 platform is so radical it would have the government "turn its back on its citizens" and trash every-thing from veterans' health care to food safety inspections, a top union leader says.
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Britain: Disabled target Atos on eve of Paralympics
August 30, 2012The Paralympic Games' slogan is "inspire a generation" but life under Atos is killing us, disability campaigners warned today in a desperate plea to end its "tick-box tests."
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Fukushima nuclear disaster cleanup needs global cooperation
August 24, 2012Yamada said this disaster requires mobilizing international expertise along with an international inspection team.
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