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   University of California, Berkeley
Updated 10/1/2003; 11:40:23 AM

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Poland: Thousands of coal miners block major roads bringing traffic to a halt in Silesia. LabourStart headline - Source: BBC [LabourStart]
4:07:23 PM    comment []

Canada: Workers at 325 Quebec daycare centres on one-day 'illegal' strike. LabourStart headline - Source: CBC [LabourStart]
4:07:11 PM    comment []

USA: Wal-Mart battles huge sexism claim. LabourStart headline - Source: BBC [LabourStart]
4:07:01 PM    comment []

UK: Desperate shipyard workers in dramatic occupation in bid to save jobs. LabourStart headline - Source: Appledore Work-In Blog [LabourStart]
4:06:49 PM    comment []

Doctors vote on new contract. Society: Thousands of hospital doctors begin voting on whether to accept a new contract which will improve their terms and conditions. [Guardian Unlimited] United Kingdom
11:33:30 AM    comment []

Air Canada, union at odds over pension [GAM], Globe $ Mail, Canada
10:18:37 AM    comment []

UAW Ratifies Deals with Ford, Visteon (Reuters). Reuters - The United Auto Workers union said on Tuesday its members had ratified new four-year contracts with Ford Motor Co. (F.N) and Visteon Corp.(VC.N) that allow Ford to close four plants employing nearly 4,600 people. [Yahoo! News - Business]
10:17:31 AM    comment []

Poor Data Cast Doubt on Recovery Hopes (Reuters). Reuters - Growth at Chicago-area businesses slowed sharply in September while U.S. consumer confidence plunged to the lowest level since the start of the Iraq war, two reports showed on Tuesday. [Yahoo! News - Business]
10:17:20 AM    comment []

Census Finds Many More Lack Health Insurance (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - The number of Americans who lack health insurance climbed by 5.7 percent in 2002, to 43.6 million, the largest single increase in a decade, according to figures to be released today by the Census Bureau. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]
10:16:26 AM    comment []

Consumer Confidence Plummets in September (AP). AP - Consumer confidence, which had rebounded in August, dropped more than expected in September, dragged down by a sluggish job market. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]
10:15:31 AM    comment []


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