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The Republicans’ pizza problem

November 29, 2011 By Susan Webb

Actually it's not the pizza. It's the tomato paste on the pizza. Do the Republicans have a thing about veggies?

Advocacy group warning seasonal workers: don’t fall victim to wage theft

November 29, 2011 By National Consumers League

This holiday season, the National Consumers League is issuing a reminder to part-time and seasonal workers of their rights and protections under federal labor laws and warning them about the prevalence of abuses in the workplace.

Routine teen-aged HIV test proposed by doctors

November 28, 2011 By Joe Sims

The Center for Disease Control has called for universal testing of all patients between the ages of 16 and 64. However, the U.S. Public Health Service has not endorsed the proposal.

FDA says it’s OK to turn bad food into sellable stuff

November 28, 2011 By John Wojcik

Turning tainted or even contaminated food into "edible" and profitable stuff is so common in the United States that virtually all producers do it.

International solidarity ends in win for New York paper mill workers

November 28, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

A pair of international union allies helped Paperworkers at the Huhtamaki Packaging Plant in Fulton, N.Y., defeat a terrible company health insurance scheme.