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New York nurses plan early-January strike

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Dec. 24, 2011   Leave a Comment  

NEW YORK — As the turmoil of the economy persists, hospitals throughout the nation are struggling to balance out care, costs and staff. The result has been Fox News interviewed California nurse Leslie Silket during the nurse strike on Thursday, as she explained the main reason for the picketing was to “fight back corporate greed.” [...]

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Major police unions to protest Governor Patrick

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Feb. 4, 2010   1 Comment  

The police unions across the state have planned a major labor protest against state policies today at 2 p.m. in Plymouth during an AFL/CIO conference that Governor Deval Patrick is expected to attend. The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, the Boston Police Detective’s Benevolent Society, [...]

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Voices on both sides quick to sound after health care passage

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Nov. 7, 2009   1 Comment  

With only a lone Republican crossing the line and nearly 40 Democrats going turncoat, the House of Representatives still voted, 220-215, tonight to pass a historic health care reform. Locally, Representative Edward J. Markey (D), issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed a historic bill to reform the health care system Saturday [...]

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AFL-CIO approves of Biden

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Aug. 24, 2008   Leave a Comment  

The AFL-CIO, in a statement Sunday, voices its approval of Senator Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic presidential running mate. In asking Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate, Barack Obama has affirmed the judgment it takes to be President of the United States and an understanding of the team it will take to [...]

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