Labor

Medical industry trying to scare up votes against Obama plan

June 25, 2009

As the president travels around the country to build support for an overhaul of the health care system, the medical industry is trying to scare up opposition to his plan with claims that Obama seeks to...

Chicago charter school teachers join union

June 24, 2009

Original source: Teachers at three Chicago charter schools voted overwhelmingly last week to join the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (Chicago ACTS), an affiliate of the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and AFT. The...

Death on the job in Texas

June 23, 2009

Original source: Every 2½ days a construction worker dies on the job in Texas. On Tuesday, just days after three construction workers fell to their deaths in Austin, a group of workers gathered outside City Hall...

Are you taking part in the June 25 health care rally?

June 23, 2009

Original source: Union, health care and community activists from around the nation are set to converge on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., this week to tell Congress there is no time to waste in passing health...

Unions, allies to rally in Washington for health care

June 20, 2009

WASHINGTON (PAI)--There’s a mass march on Washington for health care, after all, on June 25. Unionists from around the country are set to descend that day on the nation’s Capital to demand universal, quality, affordable health...