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  • Tennessee cuts services to disabled

    Tennessee cuts services to disabled

    June 24, 2005

    NASHVILLE — Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has sentenced persons with disabilities who require ventilators to “life imprisonment” in a nursing home, according to a statement issued by a civil rights organization for persons with disabilities. The...

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  • Union pension funds exercise clout

    Union pension funds exercise clout

    June 24, 2005

    People Before Profits DETROIT (PAI) — Union investment money is doing the talking — and in some cases, the walking — as organized labor is moving into a renewed strategy of using pension dollars to win...

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  • Labor Update

    Labor Update

    June 24, 2005

    Unity resolutions Three central labor councils in Ohio passed resolutions this week calling for labor unity in response to warnings of a possible split in the U.S. labor movement. CLCs in Dayton, Cincinnati, and Columbus (Franklin...

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  • World Notes

    World Notes

    June 24, 2005

    Pakistan: Troops jail workers Pakistani security forces took over Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) June 12 and arrested more than 300 workers and union leaders after they called a strike against the company’s privatization, The Hindu...

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  • Rigged election blocks Irans path to reform

    Rigged election blocks Irans path to reform

    June 24, 2005

    News Analysis Iran’s ultraconservative clerical establishment has denied millions of voters the chance to continue on the path of reform by rigging the results of the June 17 presidential election. While all opinion polls showed solid...

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