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CWA forms ‘statewide picket line’ to protest furloughs in New Jersey
April 8, 2009Members of the Communications Workers of America formed a “statewide picket line” on Tuesday to protest a proposal by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine for state workers to accept 12 unpaid furlough days and forgo pay...
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Progressive Caucus backs public health insurance plan
April 8, 2009While one of the AFL-CIO’s key health care reform principles—a public health insurance option—has been vigorously attacked by the private insurance industry, it received important backing last week from the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). The CPC...
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Cuba: ‘Its time to talk’ say US lawmakers
April 8, 2009HAVANA, Apr 7 (IPS) - Seven Democratic congresspersons from the U.S. concluded that it is possible to talk about any issue with Cuba and that 'it is time' to do so, at the end of a...
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Guantanamo medics guilty of inmate abuse
April 8, 2009Original source: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that medical professionals who monitored CIA interrogations at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay violated medical ethics by participating in torture. A confidential...
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Opinion: Arts Advocacy Day testimony from Linda Ronstadt
April 8, 2009Special to the Mercury News Editor's note: The following is the full testimony Linda Ronstadt is delivering today to a Congressional subcommittee as part of Arts Advocacy Day. Ronstadt, a Grammy-award winning singer, is artistic director...
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