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  • Tunnel workers win

    Tunnel workers win

    June 7, 2002

    DETROIT – Speaking about the recent contract victory for locked-out Detroit Tunnel workers, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1564 President Don Mathis said, “The labor community, the labor movement is still active and alive.” Mathis commented...

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  • Mega-oil company protested

    Mega-oil company protested

    June 7, 2002

    DALLAS – ExxonMobil oil company held its annual shareholders’ meeting May 29 in one of the poshest settings here, the Meyerson Symphony Hall, but they didn’t get to ignore the furor they have created around the...

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  • Lack of health access risk to nations health

    Lack of health access risk to nations health

    June 7, 2002 By Susan Webb

    The fact that more than 40 million U.S. citizens have no health insurance increases our country’s vulnerability to a bioterror attack, two public health experts have charged. For the entire article, click on the headline. To...

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  • Republicans buckle

    Republicans buckle

    June 7, 2002 By Phil E. Benjamin

    Many health care activists blinked their eyes in disbelief when they read the lead sentence of a front page article of the June 1 New York Times: “The Bush administration told the Supreme Court that it...

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  • AFL-CIO launches Voice@Work Month

    AFL-CIO launches Voice@Work Month

    June 7, 2002

    The AFL-CIO has designated the month of June as “Voice@Work Month” and has launched a month-long campaign aimed at shining a spotlight on the struggles workers face when they try to form unions – and the...

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