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CWA hits high-tech visas
April 29, 2006Spotlighting an aspect of the nation’s immigration debate that has received little attention, the Communications Workers executive board voted April 18 to lobby against a guest worker program which allows employers to create a temporary workforce...
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The economic cost of the Iraq war
April 29, 2006President Bush proposes to cut $1.4 million from the program for early detection and screening of breast and cervical cancer, denying services to 4,000 women. The Iraq war costs $1.4 million every 7 minutes, 22 seconds.
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
April 29, 2006Just 5 to go for House majority on EFCA Rep. Jim Walsh (R-N.Y.) became the 13th Republican in the House to sign on as a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act. The Act would allow...
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WORLDNOTES
April 29, 2006Kenya: Free program to treat malaria A drug treatment based on a Chinese herb will be distributed free by the Kenyan government in a campaign to curb malaria-related deaths and counter the growing ineffectiveness of commonly...
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Western siege of Palestinians fuels misery, anger
April 29, 2006A warning by a senior UN official this week that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is reaching a “potentially dangerous deterioration” was but one of many signs pointing to a deepening crisis. A humanitarian catastrophe is already unfolding...
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