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  • US may have decade-long recesssion

    US may have decade-long recesssion

    May 13, 2009

    Washington, May 12 (Prensa Latina) The US Nobel laureate in Economy Paul Krugman said his country could confront a decade of zero growth if more aggressive incentive measures are not employed informed Economy Nobel laureate, Paul...

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  • Thousands join in candlelight vigils across California

    Thousands join in candlelight vigils across California

    May 13, 2009

    Original source: More than a thousand California workers, interfaith leaders, community allies and elected officials kicked the California campaign to pass the Employee Free Choice Act into overdrive in recent days by participating in statewide overnight...

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  • The role of psychologists in torture

    The role of psychologists in torture

    May 13, 2009 By James Thompson

    As a psychologist, I have been appalled by the complicity of some psychologists in torturing detainees in former President Bush’s “War on Terror.” How could it be that professionals trained to treat mental illness could be...

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  • A thousand scholars urge Congress to pass Employee Free Choice Act

    A thousand scholars urge Congress to pass Employee Free Choice Act

    May 13, 2009

    Reposted from www.laborradio.org More than a thousand U.S. scholars nationwide are urging Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act labor law reform. The scholars signed a letter to Congress calling the labor law reform making...

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  • Obama seeking ways to curb repetitive motion injuries

    Obama seeking ways to curb repetitive motion injuries

    May 13, 2009

    There once were job safety rules that helped keep down the number of ergonomic injuries. They were killed by President Bush and a GOP-run Congress. Ergonomic injuries, also called musculo-skeletal and repetitive-motion injuries are by far...

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