Labor
Plan to end Saturday mail delivery is un-American
March 10, 2010CHICAGO — Who doesn’t love the smiling letter carrier who hands you the mail, pulls cats out of trees, braves fires, chases away burglars and engages in numberless additional acts of heroism?
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“Arrest insurance execs for criminal activity,” health care supporters demand
March 10, 2010Some 5,000 activists demanding "Health Care Now!" descended on the nation's capital March 9 to call for the arrest of the nation's leading health insurance executives.
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Contract ratified at Cleveland’s MetroHealth
March 10, 2010Declining patient volume due to the economic crisis forced workers at MetroHealth to accept some concessions in a new three-year contract that was ratified Feb. 12.
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Unionists make citizens’ arrest of insurance CEOs
March 9, 2010Thousands of unionists and their allies marched on and surrounded the hotel where the nation's health insurance firms were meeting, demanding a citizens' arrest of company CEOs.
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Bronx town hall promotes wage, health bill
March 9, 2010A Bronx town hall meeting promoted a newly introduced City Council bill (Intro 18-2010) that would "guarantee good wages, health care and other benefits" to building service workers.
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