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  • Students turn out for McCain healthcare protest

    Students turn out for McCain healthcare protest

    August 10, 2008

    Students turn out for McCain protest By Casey Washer COLUMBUS, Ohio – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) met hostility and protest when he came to speak near Ohio State's Mershon Auditorium here at...

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  • Activists call on Dems to include HR 676 in platform

    Activists call on Dems to include HR 676 in platform

    August 10, 2008

    CHICAGO – Single payer activists organized by the Chicago Single Payer Action Network (ChiSPAN) held a rally here last week in front of the newly opened Democratic National Committee office on Michigan Avenue. Rally-goers demanded that...

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  • Bush Admin. rushes to issue secret rule on worker health risks

    Bush Admin. rushes to issue secret rule on worker health risks

    August 10, 2008

    In a last minute action, political operatives at the US Department of Labor are rushing to lock in new requirements that would make it harder for the next administration to develop and issue protective workplace health...

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  • Labor Department’s secret OSHA rule

    Labor Department’s secret OSHA rule

    August 10, 2008

    AFL-CIO Executive Council statement, August 05, 2008 CHICAGO – For nearly eight years, the Bush administration has failed to protect the health and safety of America's workers. Within weeks of taking office in 2001, President Bush...

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  • Comparing Obama, McCain energy plans

    Comparing Obama, McCain energy plans

    August 10, 2008 By Associated Press

    A comparison of the major energy initiatives proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain:

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