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Lack of health access risk to nations health
June 7, 2002The 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
June 7, 2002Many 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
June 7, 2002The 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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ILO calls for lifting Israeli border closures
June 7, 2002Juan Samavia, director general of the International Labor Organization (ILO), called the situation in the Occupied Territories of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip a “socio-economic meltdown” resulting from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the “deep...
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In the name of fighting terrorism
June 7, 2002In a quick scan of the world, let’s look at what has happened in the name of “fighting terrorism.” The right-wing Israeli government is invading Palestinian lands, arresting thousands of Palestinians, forcing Palestinian children to go...
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