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  • Editorials

    Editorials

    December 3, 2004

    The debate in labor After the elections the labor movement emerged bruised but unbowed. A mood of stubborn determination and resistance is settling into union halls and central labor councils. Labor gave its all to defeat...

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  • Health activists urge Health care for all

    Health activists urge Health care for all

    December 3, 2004

    WASHINGTON — During its annual conference here Nov. 12-14, the Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN) issued a clarion call to defend Medicaid and Medicare against the privatization threats of George W. Bush and step up...

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  • Bush policies threaten miners health

    Bush policies threaten miners health

    December 3, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

    Four years ago, President Bush appointed Dave D. Lauriski to be assistant secretary of labor in charge of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). This is the federal agency that is supposed to enforce federal...

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  • Flight attendants OK strike action

    Flight attendants OK strike action

    December 3, 2004

    PITTSBURGH (PAI) — By unanimous vote, the Association of Flight Attendants/CWA executive board decided Nov. 17 to authorize a strike at any bankrupt airline, if those carriers use the bankruptcy code to terminate union contracts. The...

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  • S.F. hotel workers triumph over lockout

    S.F. hotel workers triumph over lockout

    December 3, 2004 By Marilyn Bechtel And Sonia Siegel

    SAN FRANCISCO — Some 4,300 hotel workers returned to work triumphantly at 14 of this city’s premier hotels last week, after area health providers’ decisions to extend workers’ medical coverage for December and January pulled the...

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