Phil E. Benjamin

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March 4 action for health care rights

February 27, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

Jobs with Justice and hundreds of local unions, retiree groups and health care advocacy organizations, including the Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN), have set a national “Health Care Action Day” to link workers’ struggles against...

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Ending needless deaths

February 13, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

Reversing the 1980s Reagan/Bush (and now the new Bush) ideological drive to make health care a market commodity will require a major political struggle.

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Worker safety an issue for 2004 elections

January 23, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

North Carolina senator and Democratic presidential aspirant John Edwards criticized the Bush administration for failing to protect U.S. workers and issued a comprehensive program to strengthen the Occcupational Saftey and Health Administration (OSHA) on Dec. 31.

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Health care is pivotal in 2004

January 9, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

The 2004 elections are a dramatic backdrop to the fight back against the Bush Medicare wrecking ball.

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Attack on California workers comp

December 12, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

The attack on the California Workers’ Compensation system, being orchestrated by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s corporate think tanks, dramatizes the importance of workers’ comp in state politics.

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Ergonomics: An issue whose time is still coming

November 13, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

The fight for ergonomic protection for workers in Washington state experienced a tragic setback when anti-labor, anti-worker Proposition I–841 passed in this month’s elections.

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Blame profits, not workers, for high health costs

November 7, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

The issue of corporate greed in health care is beginning to make its way into the mass media, thanks in good part to the blatant price-gouging of the pharmaceutical companies.

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In whose interests does Bush act?

October 23, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

On Sept. 9 the front page of the Wall Street Journal headlined an article, “U.S. opposes EU effort to test chemicals for health hazards.”

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