Labor
House leaders unveil sweeping health care plan
July 15, 2009House leaders today announced their plan for a sweeping health care reform bill and the House Ways and Means Committee announced that it will vote on the proposal this Thursday. The bill, called America’s Affordable Health...
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Obama moves will allow NLRB to function as intended
July 15, 2009An article in the Peoples Weekly World earlier this year explained that the National Labor Relations Board had put a freeze on consideration of all contested cases because of a ruling by a right-wing federal judge....
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Main source of their income was us Colibri workers continue struggle
July 15, 2009PROVIDENCE, R.I. — David Correia and Alda Bonin were among a crowd of workers who jammed a tiny courtroom here last week, pressing a six-month struggle for pay and benefits they say are owed them.
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Labor leaders push people’s agenda at White House meeting
July 15, 2009The nation’s top union leaders were at the White House yesterday pushing for a second stimulus package, a strong public option in the health care reform bill, and the Employee Free Choice Act. A top aide...
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Service workers hungry themselves, fight to feed kids
July 15, 2009Food service workers are in Washington to demand improvement of the 63-year-old School Lunch Program that feeds 30 million children every day. “A lot of these kids are not getting breakfast in the morning and are...
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