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‘Health care or food?’

Nov21

by: Marilyn Bechtel

"The company wants to make us pay $350 a month for our family health care; for me that would mean a 10 percent wage cut."
NAACP, labor demand bold action on jobs

Nov17

by: John Wojcik

WASHINGTON - The nation's top labor, civil rights and community leaders joined forces here today and put forward a bold program they say is needed to create millions of new jobs and to lift the economy from the depths of the recession.
Republicans try to block Senate health care debate

Nov16

by: Susan Webb

Health care advocates say the priority now is pressing senators to stand up to the insurance industry's stalling tactic.
Health care, abortion and ‘a bridge too far’

Nov11

by: Teresa Albano

By a vote of 220-215 the Democrats ushered in health reform legislation, the likes of which haven't been seen since Medicare passed in 1965.

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Copenhagen or bust?

Much sheer speculation has been written about the upcoming Copenhagen climate negotiations, and we will see much more over the next few weeks. What is this conference about?

Senate to move forward on health reform debate

by: Joel Wendland 19.Nov

Debate on a new Senate health care bill released by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Nov. 18 is set to begin later this week.

Companies cashing in on flu epidemic

by: John Wojcik 19.Nov

The government may have to step in to ensure companies are not using the swine flu epidemic to rip off those who come down with the flu.

U.S. students win ‘new day’ for Honduran workers

by: Pepe Lozano 19.Nov

In a big victory for a U.S. student campaign, Russell Athletics, the largest supplier of team uniforms and apparel, agreed to reopen a Honduran factory that it shut down after...