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N. Calif. registered nurses still fighting Sutter takeaways
November 21, 2012For the seventh time since fall 2011, registered nurses were walking picket lines at eight Sutter Health facilities in northern California.
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Nurses strike, again, for patient safety and nursing standards
November 20, 2012One-day strikes affected seven Summit hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area, involving up to 3,200 nurses and several hundred medical technicians.
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Today in labor history: “Scab” used for the first time
November 20, 2012On this day in 1816 the term "scab" was coined by the Albany Typographical Union in reference to strike breaking.
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USPS hiring freeze hurts veterans, postal workers say
November 20, 2012While the USPS was closed on Veterans Day, Portland, Ore. postal employees used their day off to say that if USPS really wants to honor veterans, it should hire them.
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Oil platform explosion: Another disaster in the Gulf
November 20, 2012It seems that, for the Gulf Coast, which has already endured the tragic BP oil spill, the hits just keep on coming.
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