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With contract negotiations in deadlock, Kaiser workers have been on strike for five months—and they won’t relent until their demands for patient care and workers’ pensions are met.

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Xaibe pyramid surrounded by tropical forest, Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Mayan civilisation, 6th-10th century. Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images. In the Caribbean jungles of Quintana Roo, two Mayan ...