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The year in headlines: High hopes at start, roadblocks at end
December 31, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI) — It was a year that started with such high hopes for workers and their unions — and ended in roadblocks and looming disappointment.
Read moreAid urgently needed to stem Cook County health care crisis
December 29, 2009Stroger Hospital, is the largest public hospital in Cook County and one of the largest in the country. If there is a place where the nation's horrific health care crisis can be seen this is it.
Read moreIranian group calls for world protests as arrests mount
December 29, 2009Ibrahim Yazdi, a nationalist leader and the first foreign minister after the 1979 revolution, was arrested Dec. 28, following arrests of a leader of Iran's student movement and hundreds of others.
Read moreIran: Regime change by the people, for the people!
December 29, 2009Recent events in Iran have further exposed the divisions within the ruling clergy and the desire of the Iranian people for change.
Read more2009: The year labor started turning its hopes into reality
December 29, 2009Only a year ago, despite a super recession that had tightened its grip on their country, American workers were full of hope that a new day had dawned.
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