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Nurses to strike this week at Bay Area hospitals
August 5, 2014Concerns about safe staffing levels are one cause of the planned strikes: RNs are unable to take meal and rest breaks without leaving patients with inadequate staffing care
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The child migrant crisis: latest developments
August 5, 2014The "crisis" appears to be shrinking: 85 percent of the 57,000 child migrants have now been placed with parents, other family members or sponsors living in the United States.
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On union’s push to save postal service, Danny Glover says, “I’m in”
August 4, 2014At the recent national convention here of the APWU, actor Danny Glover delivered a speech that brought tears to the eyes and postal workers to their feet.
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Fighting intensifies in Eastern Ukraine as Kiev acts against Communist Party
August 4, 2014The crisis in Eastern Ukraine is coming to a head, with intensified fighting and mounting casualties, including many civilians.
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Judge orders Kellogg’s to take locked out workers back
August 4, 2014A federal judge in Memphis, Tenn., has ordered Kellogg's to take back the 226 union workers it locked out from its cereal plant there over nine months ago.
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