Take ActionPledge to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care
Americans spend more on health care than people do elsewhere, but somehow we spend more for less.
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Why I want a DeVos loss
Progressives wondering which team to back in the NBA Finals should steer clear of the Orlando Magic and owner Dick DeVos, a powerful right-wing zealot.
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After Months of Tension, Globe Votes on Cuts
Months of labor acrimony at The Boston Globe will come to a head on Monday, when members of the newspaper’s largest union are to vote on deep cuts in wages, benefits and job security, amid growing signs that they could well reject the deal.
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Two Farms Agree to Better Wages, Conditions for Florida Tomato Workers
The campaign of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to bring better wages and improved working conditions to Florida’s tomato fields took a big step forward this week. http://tiny.cc/farmworkers
U.S. to Propose Wider Oversight of Compensation
The Obama administration plans to require banks and corporations that have received two rounds of federal bailouts to submit any major executive pay changes for approval by a new federal official who will monitor compensation, according to two government officials. http://tiny.cc/ceopay
Florida Legislature gives OK to ship inmates out of state -
Sending criminals to out-of-state prisons is a 'safety valve' for Florida's overpopulated prisons. http://tiny.cc/jailoutofstate
Red tape keeps HUD stimulus cash from Brevard
Brevard County and Palm Bay haven't seen a dime of $10.5 million in economic stimulus money, promised last fall by the federal government, to buy foreclosed homes.
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Obama speeds projects to create, save 600,000 jobs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday he expected to create or save 600,000 jobs over the next 100 days by expediting 10 major projects funded by a huge stimulus package that Congress passed in February.
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Letter Carriers Collect Record 73.4 Million Pounds of Food
Despite an unemployment rate of 9.4 percent in May and tough economic times across the nation, working families responded with amazing generosity by donating a record 73.4 million pounds of non-perishable food in the 17th annual "Stamp Out Hunger" national food drive by the Letter Carriers (NALC) to restock community food banks and pantries http://tiny.cc/foodcolection