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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
Cesar Chavez
Two of B.C.'s most powerful unions -- the IWA and the Hospital Employees Union -- are battling over who should represent thousands of health-care workers whose jobs are being privatized.
It's a dispute that threatens the solidarity of the labour movement, the head of the Canadian Labour Congress says.