Tuesday, 25 April 2006 01:00
Senior Centers
Graduate students in Gerontology at Florida Gulf Coast University have been using the real world as their laboratory. Working with Senior Friendship Centers of Lee County – they’ve produced a report aimed at helping the non-profit do its job more effectively. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.
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Tuesday, 25 April 2006 01:00
Immokalee Workers
The national president of the AFL-CIO joined the widow of Robert F. Kenndy in Immokalee yesterday as part of a campaign to raise wages for those who pick tomatoes used on McDonalds’ salads and sandwiches.
78-year-old Ethel Kennedy and union head John Sweeney marched Sunday to support the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. They pointed out that farm-workers currently must pick nearly two tons of tomatoes to earn $50-dollars… and Sweeney pledged the support of the AFL-CIO’s 10-million members in the fight to raise wages…
“…commitment”
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers' gained national attention with a four-year boycott of Taco Bell. That boycott ended last year when the fast food maker’s parent company agreed to require its tomato suppliers to pay a penny a pound more to pickers.
78-year-old Ethel Kennedy and union head John Sweeney marched Sunday to support the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. They pointed out that farm-workers currently must pick nearly two tons of tomatoes to earn $50-dollars… and Sweeney pledged the support of the AFL-CIO’s 10-million members in the fight to raise wages…
“…commitment”
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers' gained national attention with a four-year boycott of Taco Bell. That boycott ended last year when the fast food maker’s parent company agreed to require its tomato suppliers to pay a penny a pound more to pickers.
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Monday, 24 April 2006 01:00
Alzheimer's Research
The Florida House votes this week on a bill that would earmark 15 million dollars a year over the next four years for Alzheimer’s research. The Senate is considering a similar bill. The need is great. The average life expectancy in this country is now 77.6 years. By age 75, more than 12 percent of people will have developed Alzheimers – by age 85 – it’s more like 50 percent. WGCU’s Valerie Alker spoke to one of Southwest Florida’s leading Alzheimer’s researchers and has this report.
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Monday, 24 April 2006 01:00
Alzheimer's Research
The Florida House votes this week on a bill that would earmark 15 million dollars a year over the next four years for Alzheimer’s research. The Senate is considering a similar bill. The need is great. The average life expectancy in this country is now 77.6 years. By age 75, more than 12 percent of people will have developed Alzheimers – by age 85 – it’s more like 50 percent. WGCU’s Valerie Alker spoke to one of Southwest Florida’s leading Alzheimer’s researchers and has this report.
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