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Right-wing ideology vs. public health
July 20, 2007Something would be seriously amiss in our nation’s capital these days if the sun were to rise without a new political scandal rocking the Bush administration. July 10 was a case in point. That day, former...
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This Week In Labor: July 21
July 20, 2007Gov’t agency a union buster A watchdog is needed to keep an eye on the government’s “watchdog.” Mirroring private sector union-busting tactics — but paid for with our tax dollars — the Government Accountability Office has...
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The threat is close to home
July 20, 2007You don’t have to be paranoid to believe that there is an international capitalist conspiracy. All it takes is a close look at the Apple iPod. U.S. trade unionists, like most Americans, are worried about the...
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We need the Healthy Families Act
July 20, 2007Worker's Correspondence Every day, hundreds of thousands of Americans who are really too sick to work trudge off to their jobs, in spite of their fevers, sore throats, headaches, sprains and strains. Hundreds of thousands of...
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WORLD NOTES: July 21
July 20, 2007Australia: Conservatives admit it’s the oil The Australian government has come clean about why 1,600 Australian troops are stationed in Iraq. Defense Minister Brendan Nelson told the Australian Broadcasting Co. on July 7 that “the Middle...
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