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‘Health care or food?’
Nov21
"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."
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NAACP, labor demand bold action on jobs
Nov17
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.
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Republicans try to block Senate health care debate
Nov16
Health care advocates say the priority now is pressing senators to stand up to the insurance industry's stalling tactic.
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Health care, abortion and ‘a bridge too far’
Nov11
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.

Justice bus keeps on rolling in Houston
the Harris County AFL-CIO, the Houston Interfaith Worker Justice Center (HIWJ) assembled a group of 30 labor activists to ride a Justice Bus in Houston recently.

India farmers stop price freeze on sugar cane
NEW DELHI- Over 12,000 sugarcane farmers demonstrated in New Delhi on Thursday (Nov. 19) to demand higher prices for their crop.
CT NAACP calls on Lieberman to support health bill
A Connecticut delegation of civil rights groups met with Senator Joseph Lieberman's staff yesterday to urge the Senator to support comprehensive health care reform.
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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
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
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
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...





