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Hospitals still unprepared for swine flu
September 01, 2009A survey of 190 American hospitals compiled by nurses in eight different states shows that hospitals across the nation are not ready for the coming H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic. The findings were released this week by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.
Read moreLA car wash workers score NLRB victory
August 27, 2009Los Angeles car wash workers fired recently for union activity won more than $50,000 in back pay today in a formal settlement of their National Labor Relations Board complaint against Vermont Hand Wash, a notorious anti-worker establishment.
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Working class mourns the loss of its 'lion': Ted Kennedy
August 26, 2009Millions of working-class families are feeling an emptiness today that they know they will have to struggle hard to fill. Sen. Edward Kennedy's death creates that emptiness because throughout his political life he had a single-minded focus: the betterment of the lives of the working people. He was the champion of civil rights and equality for African American, Latino, Asian, Native American, and all people of color. Everyone, he said,...
Read moreLabor leader to head New York Fed
August 26, 2009The Federal Reserve has for so long been thought of as the guarantor of what’s good for big business that news out of New York yesterday came as a big surprise to many in labor and progressive circles.
Read moreTheres more to us than print
August 21, 2009We have gotten some great responses to the news that the People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo is publishing daily online. But some of you still might not realize what our website has to offer, all the content you’ll be missing, if you don’t visit our daily coverage online. Here are a few recent stories from our daily online publishing. Go to our website www.pww.org to read the complete stories: Congressman Sestak:...
Read moreAs reports of compromise appear, push grows for public option
August 18, 2009As President Obama continues his push for comprehensive health care reform and as reports emerge about “compromises” designed to win backing from Senate Blue Dog Democrats and Republicans, Health Care for America Now, a huge national coalition, and some unions have launched a new $650,000 television ad campaign targeting GOP leaders in the House and Senate and Republican members of Congress.
Read morePeople's World Labor's source for news, analysis and commentary
August 11, 2009The following are short interviews with Teresa Albano, editor of the Peoples World and John Wojcik, labor editor of the People's World, peoplesworld.org. Support the Peoples World at peoplesworld.org/support.
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Hundreds hear Kucinich at Illinois Healthcare Speak Out
August 06, 2009AURORA, Ill. - The peace movement jumped into the nationwide upsurge for health care reform in a big way last Sunday when two big antiwar organizations in Chicago's far western suburbs, Aurora Citizens for Peace and Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice, packed a community center to overflow capacity here in a Healthcare Speak Out. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who ran for his party's nomination in 2008, was the...
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Razorbacks rally for Employee Free Choice
July 14, 2009LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — I just happened to be visiting my cousins in Arkansas when I got word of a rally in Little Rock to support the Employee Free Choice Act. I rushed up to Central High School to join the rally.
Read moreHealth care drive in high gear
July 09, 2009Major hospital associations, pledging to save more than $150 billion over 10 years, were the latest big industry group to jump aboard what has become the Health Care Express. Meeting with Vice President Biden today, they said the savings can help pay for health care to those without insurance.
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