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HMO workers strike over health benefits
September 3, 2004SEATTLE — After 18 months of difficult negotiations, more than 2,200 members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) staged a five-day strike of Group Health Cooperative facilities in western Washington State Aug. 23-27 over health...
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Michigan labor shifts to high gear
September 3, 2004One day wasn’t enough for all the activities planned by union members in Michigan. The state AFL-CIO has proclaimed “Labor Week” Sept. 5-12. A whirlwind of a family, faith-based, historical and solidarity events are in the...
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Rally urges right to drivers licenses for all
September 3, 2004OAKLAND, Calif. — Demonstrators rallied in cities around California Aug. 26 in support of a bill giving undocumented immigrants the right to apply for driver’s licenses. SB 1160, the Immigrant Responsibility and Security Act, introduced by...
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National Clips
September 3, 2004CHICAGO: Windy City rallies to defeat Bush “The emperor has no clothes,” thundered Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), referring to George W. Bush. “Iraq will go down as one of the worst blunders in our nation’s history.”...
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The economics of offshore outsourcing
September 3, 2004News Analysis Last spring the television show, “The West Wing,” came very close to portraying reality. In that episode, a trade pact negotiated by a presidential aide allowed a U.S. tech company to “offshore” 17,000 jobs...
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