health care

Citing public safety concerns, Red Cross workers strike

February 15, 2012 By Rick Nagin

The strike was provoked by the agency's insistence on an "irresponsible" health care plan and a speed-up drive that compromises the safety of blood donors.

Labor groups defend different pieces of national health care law

February 14, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

With the national health care revision law yet to fully take effect, but under challenge before the Supreme Court, six labor organizations have stepped forward, four of them joining other groups, to defend different parts of...

Thousands join picket lines at Kaiser Permanente’s California hospitals

February 1, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Thousands of workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California marched on picket lines.

What does the future hold for disabled Americans like me?

January 25, 2012 By Michael Leonard

The challenges people with disabilities like me face every day at home, at work and in school are everywhere.

U.S. nurses backed general strike in U.K.

December 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The National Nurses Union led a coalition of U.S. unions that demonstrated in six cities on Nov. 30 to back British public workers, who staged a one-day strike.