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Nurses ban mandatory overtime in new contract
September 20, 2002OAKLAND – The California Nurses Association (CNA) reached agreement, Sept. 12, on a new four-year contract with Kaiser Permanente, covering 10,200 registered nurses and nurse practitioners at 54 facilities in Northern California, that among other gains,...
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Were standing strong against Yale
September 20, 2002Workers Correspondence Workers at Yale-New Haven Hospital have been organizing for the right to a union for the past four years. Now, the unionized workers at the hospital and at Yale University are tying their contract...
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August unemployment report: Things are NOT getting better
September 20, 2002Writers who have appeared in this column have been among the most outspoken in challenging those who tell us the recession is over. (“There really wasn’t one, anyway,” Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill and others tell us.)...
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Fairness under assault in Nov. ballot measure
September 20, 2002TACOMA – Gay and lesbian citizens here obtained some basic human rights when the city adopted an anti-discrimination ordinance, April 23. The ordinance made it illegal to fire somebody just because they’re thought to be gay,...
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Cuban website launched vs terrorism
September 20, 2002HAVANA (RadioHavanaCuba) – A new Cuban website was officially launched Sept. 14. The site, called antiterroristas.cu, is a web portal devoted to providing up-to-date news, information and analysis on terrorism and acts of aggression against Cuba.
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