Day: March 20, 2009

Almost funny – the SEIU, “the most influential union in the nation” – is involved in an unfair practices labor dispute with it’s employees

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Truth, stranger then fiction? Union in Dispute Over Layoffs – washingtonpost.com The Service Employees International Union, considered the most influential union in the nation, has notified the union that represents about 220 of the SEIU's national field staff members and organizers that it is laying off 75 of the employees. In return, the workers union, … Read more

Prostate cancer screening saves lives, right? Well, maybe not.

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The study below was widely reported yesterday. A year or two ago there was another in depth study, with results indicating that mammograms don't lower the death rate for breast cancer. Intuitively, it would seem that early detection of cancer should raise the survival rate. And of course other studies (for both prostate and breast … Read more