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Boston Globe, union to meet on 23 percent pay cut
June 16, 2009The Boston Newspaper Guild will meet with managers at The Boston Globe and the National Labor Relations Board this week as it tries to block a 23 percent pay cut imposed by the newspaper’s parent company....
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Retraining for what? Auto ripple effect hits hospitals … and jobs
June 16, 2009DETROIT — “Hospitals brace for next hit” ran the headline in last week’s Detroit Free Press. The article cites soaring patient debt and free care for the uninsured as reasons for hospitals losing money.
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OPINION: Electoral coup d’etat in Iran
June 16, 2009The people of Iran woke up Saturday morning to find not only that the election had been stolen from the popular opposition candidate, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, but that any means of protesting against the electoral fraud and...
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As Congress shapes health care bill, opportunities and dangers for progressives
June 16, 2009Congress is approaching the end of its first month in this cycle of grappling with the nation’s failed health care system. There is huge opportunity to win a significant improvement to our system and a major...
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Small business owner grapples with health care costs
June 16, 2009WEST PLAINS, Mo. — Travis Morrison has the hands of a man who has worked hard his whole life. And while the cement mixing plant he runs has been around for 22 years, things have never...
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