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Janitors seeking respect
November 18, 2005“Can you live on $6.30 an hour?” read one sign as University of Miami students and faculty joined janitors and local clergy in a demonstration along U.S. Route 1 outside the campus Nov. 10.
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This week in labor
November 18, 2005Kentucky AFL-CIO: ‘De-privatize health care’ The Kentucky AFL-CIO and the Central New Mexico Central Labor Council are the latest labor backers of HR 676, legislation for single-payer national health care. In their recent convention, Bluegrass State...
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Medicare Part D is a dog
November 18, 2005Medicare has no control over the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. It is the insurance companies and HMOs who will run Part D. Of course they will do this for their own profit. And Medicare...
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CARA convention vows to fight Bush agenda
November 18, 2005LOS ANGELES — On the heels of a stunning Special Election victory, the California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) held its second annual convention, “Turning outrage into action,” in Anaheim Nov. 9-10. The first day was...
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Lorain voters defeat Wal-Mart
November 18, 2005LORAIN, Ohio — A union-community coalition delivered a sharp rebuke to Wal-Mart Corp. in the Nov. 8 election here. Voters in this northern Ohio steel center overwhelmingly defeated a ballot referendum that would have permitted city...
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