| AFL-CIO
opposes three November ballot measures: Medical malpractice, SAIF elimination
and ‘takings’
In a political battle pitting doctors against lawyers, the Oregon AFL-CIO
has sided with attorneys in opposing Ballot Measure 35 — an amendment
to the State Constitution pushed by the medical industry that would cap
medical malpractice jury awards at $500,000.
Prescription
drug prices send seniors to Canada
In search
of reasonably-priced pharmaceuticals, next Tuesday a train-car full of
West Coast seniors will leave the United States. The train departs Los
Angeles Aug. 23 and arrives in Vancouver, British Columbia, the next day,
after stops in Portland and Seattle.
50,000
greet Kerry at PDX’s Waterfront Park
Several hundred union members were among a throng of 50,000 people at
Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland Aug. 13 to hear Democratic presidential
nominee John Kerry.
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