" People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has
already steered more than $1.3 million to PCRM. An administrative law judge has ordered another union
representation election in St. Louis because the actions of Red Cross
management unfairly tainted a July 2004 election. On Aug.

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American Red Cross Convention Tainted by Management's Attack on Workers

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued 14 Unfair Labor
Practice complaints against the Red Cross, including one for the illegal
dismissal of a union supporter that was sought by St. To date, the NLRB has
found no merit to the company's objections to the election result.J. 1, 2001 act of domestic violence, Fred Gomoll used a
kitchen knife and scissors to inflict multiple lacerations to
the face and body of his estranged wife Tracy Stombres. Stombres' mother, Vina
Bartlett of Phoenix, was also present and while trying to save
Stombres' life, suffered a stab wound to her own neck and fled
the house to get help from neighbors. During the
police hostage standoff, Gomoll refused to release their son,
or allow Stombres to receive medical attention.

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"It is unconscionable that the American Red Cross, an organization that
has worked with organized labor for decades to help people in need, would turn
its back on its own workers who seek to improve their lives by joining a
union," said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President.

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Animal People News notes
that PETA and PCRM are so closely connected that they should be
considered "a single fundraising unit. That AMA statement also condemned PCRM for
supporting "a campaign of misinformation against important animal
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Louis, Missouri; and Northern Ohio have
suffered intimidation and retaliation during organizing drives . The Red
Cross responded by waging an anti-union campaign.

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PCRM is an animal rights organization with strong ties to People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals and its position against animal research
reflects its radical agenda."

* In 2001, PCRM co-signed letters (on PCRM letterhead) with Kevin Kjonaas,
then the leader of a violent animal rights group described by the U.

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The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit coalition supported by
restaurants, food companies , and consumers, working together to promote
personal responsibility and protect consumer choices . Simpson trials, a Phoenix woman
is suing her ex-husband for killing her mother during a domestic
violence assault

WHO: The Never Again Foundation, representing Tracy Stombres against
Fred Gomoll. One hundred percent of all judgments collected are given
to help the victims rebuild their lives.

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Department of Justice as a "domestic terrorism threat.

The Never Again Foundation

The foundation provides free civil legal representation to women,
children and elders who have been physically or sexually abused, and
files lawsuits directly against the abusers . The foundation has obtained more than
$50 million in judgments for crime victims in Arizona during the past
four years.

Trial Details

The trial is scheduled to begin April 4, 2005, and is expected to
last four days.org

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Just prior to
the standoff ending with Gomoll 's arrest, police discovered
Bartlett's body in a neighbor's garage.

Stombres is represented by Kent Phelps, senior litigation
attorney of the Never Again Foundation, a nonprofit charity
that began in Arizona in 2001.

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WHAT: In an Aug. However, the Maricopa County jury acquitted
Gomoll of the first-degree murder charge of Bartlett.

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The goal is to help
provide hope, justice and healing to crime victims by holding
criminals accountable through the civil justice system, while
simultaneously sending strong messages of prevention and legal
awareness throughout society.

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Center for Consumer Freedom Highlights Facts About the Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Today, the Center for Consumer
Freedom (CCF) criticized the misleadingly named Physicians Committee for
Responsible Medicine (PCRM) for attempting to block research at Ohio State
University that could one day lead to cures for debilitating spinal cord
injuries. Loeb wrote that PCRM was "officially
censured " by the AMA.

WHEN: The trial is scheduled to begin April 4, 2005, and is expected
to last four days. The case (#CV 2003-092014) will be presided
over by Judge Mark Aceto of the Maricopa County Superior Court,
Southeast Judicial complex in Mesa, Ariz. When Phoenix police
arrived, Gomoll told the police he had a gun.

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* The American Medical Association (AMA) has called PCRM a "fringe
organization" that uses "unethical tactics" and is "interested in
perverting medical science.physicianscam. Louis Blood Collection
Service employees. Their
two-year-old son witnessed the malaise.

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Jude Children's Research Hospital , the American Red
Cross, the American Foundation for AIDS Research, and the Christopher
Reeve Paralysis Foundation -- solely because they support research that
requires the use of animals.

8, 2002, Gomoll
was criminally convicted of aggravated assault and kidnapping
of Stombres.

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Red Cross workers attempting to join the Teamsters Union in the Blood
Services Regions of Arizona; St.
In Northern Ohio, where Blood Collection Services workers filed 23 Unfair
Labor Practice charges, workers won their representation election.
Stombres survived the ordeal but required extensive
reconstructive surgery, including the surgical reattachment of
her nose.

During the week-long criminal trial, Gomoll claimed that he was
a victim of domestic violence acting in self-defense, and that
Stombres' mother must have been accidentally stabbed in the
neck during a struggle for the knife. Gomoll
was sentenced to 12 years in prison, with probability that he
will be released after serving nine years.

Believing that she witnessed her mother 's murder but that
criminal justice was not served, Stombres turned to the civil
justice system. On July 29, 2003, Stombres filed a civil
lawsuit against Gomoll for her injuries from the aggravated
assault, as well as for the wrongful death of her mother. For more information ,
contact Keith Perkins, the founding attorney + executive director of
the Never Again Foundation at 480-539-9111, or by e-mail at
keith@neveragainfoundation.

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Kjonaas has been arrested and will face federal terrorism charges in
June 2005. The case (#CV 2003-092014) will be presided over by
Judge Mark Aceto of the Maricopa County Superior Court, Southeast
Judicial complex in Mesa, Ariz.

Links to sites which condone or appear to condone such activity are provided for informational purposes only, and should not be viewed as an endorsement of violence by the Open Directory Project or any editor.

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The group's
goals are to stop medical research that requires the use of animals , and
to remove meat and dairy foods from our diet by demonizing them as
"unhealthy . Teamsters Demand Red Cross Respect Workers' Right To Organize

WASHINGTON, Teamsters greeted delegates to the
American Red Cross 2005 National Convention in San Francisco with leaflets
highlighting the organization's anti-union tactics in the past year. She had bled to death.

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'Physicians Committee' Opposed to OSU Spinal Cord Research Is an Animal Rights Front

" The letters
strongly urged companies in 32 states and 8 foreign countries stop doing
business with a biomedical research laboratory that uses animals.

To read "7 Things You Didn't Know about PCRM," visit
http://www.

ADVISORY/Stombres v. Gomoll Civil Trial Scheduled in Arizona

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The Center for Consumer Freedom highlighted several little known facts
about the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, including:

* Less than 5 percent of its members are actual physicians."

* PCRM discourages Americans from making donations to respected health
charities like the American Heart Association, the American Cancer
Society, the St." When he was the AMA's Vice President for
Scientific Affairs, Dr.
In Arizona, 80 percent of the Blood Collection Services workers petitioned
management to recognize their union and begin collective bargaining.

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In a case reminiscent of the O.

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Once again, the "Physicians Committee" is siding
with lab rats instead of the humans that might be saved through animal-based
research.

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But the Red
Cross has appealed to the NLRB to overturn that vote. The not guilty verdict of the
underlying criminal case gained national attention and was aired on
the Montel Williams program of July 24, 2003.