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Band-Aids not enough: Health care system needs a profit-ectomy
February 17, 2006Recently a young family celebrated the birth of their child but soon received the sad news that the baby needed heart surgery. Their concern escalated when their health insurance company refused to pay for the surgery....
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UPWA: Pioneers in African American history
February 17, 2006Leaders of the United Packinghouse Workers of America marched in support of striking Memphis sanitation workers in April 1968, just before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King there April 4. From left, Russell R. Lasley,...
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Fantastic feat
February 17, 2006NEW YORK (PAI) — It’s one 10-shoe-store chain in New York City, involving 95 workers, but the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s win at Footco is a glimpse into the future, where unions create new...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
February 17, 2006Delphi sparks protest “We have put our lives into these factories, and they are just pretty much throwing us out in the street,” Jonell Sayles, a 29-year Delphi employee at the company’s Flint East plant, told...
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World Notes
February 17, 2006Zimbabwe: Child labor on farms Experts report an increasing number of children under the age of 16 working in the agricultural sector in Zimbabwe. An estimated 20,000 children work for long hours on cotton and timber...
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