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    <title>Dalhousie post-doctoral researchers unionize</title>
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&lt;p&gt;(K&amp;#39;JIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - 150 post-doctoral researchers at Dalhousie University voted overwhelmingly in favour of representation by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left:.5in;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ronald Clarke is a seventy-three-year-old retired sergeant living with PTSD. He served from 1956 to 1992 in the United Nations Peace Keeping force.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left:.5in;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;These days he lives in Cape Breton, where he&amp;rsquo;s the chapter president of the Canadian Association of Veterans.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>CFIB Study Misleads on Public-Sector Sick Days, Union Says</title>
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&lt;p&gt;HALIFAX -- The union representing tens of thousands of public-sector workers across Canada says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.psac.com/news/2012/issues/20121207-e.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;misleading&lt;/a&gt; the public about sick days.&lt;/p&gt;
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