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  • New protests as anti-women Bush admin. rule goes into effect

    New protests as anti-women Bush admin. rule goes into effect

    December 20, 2008

    New protests as anti-women Bush admin. rule goes into effect Women's health advocates sharply criticized a last minute Bush administration rule that allows health care providers to deny health care information and services to women. The...

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  • Japan’s Communist Party grows during economic crisis

    Japan’s Communist Party grows during economic crisis

    December 20, 2008

    Japanese Communist Party Chair (JCP) Shii Kazuo on December 14th appeared on TV Asahi's 'Sunday Project' program that aired live. In the interview, he answered questions as to why the JCP is attracting attention now and...

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  • Union leaders welcome Solis choice as labor secretary

    Union leaders welcome Solis choice as labor secretary

    December 19, 2008

    WASHINGTON (PAI)--Union leaders welcomed the choice of pro-worker Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) as Labor Secretary in the incoming Democratic Obama administration. If confirmed by the Senate, Solis would replace anti-worker GOP Bush Labor Secretary Elaine Chao....

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  • Biggest bill for working class people in 30 years

    Biggest bill for working class people in 30 years

    December 19, 2008

    CLEVELAND — The Employee Free Choice Act, aimed at eliminating barriers to workers seeking union representation, is key to any meaningful economic recovery, speakers told more than 100 labor and community activists at a forum here...

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  • Rural women working harder for the money, study finds

    Rural women working harder for the money, study finds

    December 18, 2008

    DURHAM, N.H. — In rural America, 70 percent of married mothers with children under six work for pay, finds a new report spanning nearly 40 years of women’s employment trends. As men’s employment rates have dropped...

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