About
Unions and the Economy
"Recovery Is Real Only if Ordinary
Folks Can Feel It" by Timothy Lynch, head of Local 1205
Teamsters
Union
Americans
are told that the economy is healthy — but also that poverty is increasing,
record numbers of people are filing for bankruptcy and the gap between
rich and poor is widening. A Washington Post series last fall showed most
Americans disagree with the so-called economic experts who are trying to
convince the public that the economy is doing great.
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On the Family
"A Father
Seen Anew" by Bruce Blaustein, Aesthetic Realism Consultant
On
the second day of the new century, my father, David Blaustein died. It
is hard to express in words the feelings I had as the family drove to the
cemetery on that cloudy Tuesday morning for his funeral. I had a sense
of great loss which took in the painful realization that I would never
see him again, and yet—and this is why I am writing this article—I also
felt tremendous gratitude for the true friendship we came to have in these
past years. >>more
On Health
Care For Babies: "Every
Baby Deserves Health Care Based on Good Will, Not Profit" by Meryl
Simon, Miriam Mondlin and Ruth Oron.
The agony which profit-driven medical care is causing in America
can be seen in the fact that life-saving technology is not getting to all
the people who need it. We deplore this. For example, blood screening tests
for newborns developed recently can prevent thousands of babies and children
from getting crippling diseases. But hardly any infants are getting these
tests. >>more
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