health care
AFL-CIO prez: Labor must reach out to survive
January 21, 2011DETROIT - Saying the labor movement has become too small and too inward-looking to defeat corporate power by itself, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told the Auto Workers legislative conference that unions must build wider coalitions to...
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Labor Department drafts rules to protect more health care workers
January 18, 2011Obama's Labor Department will likely bring more home healthcare workers under protection of federal minimum wage and overtime laws.
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Surprise! Republican judge rules against health care law
December 15, 2010A federal judge in Virginia ruled that one part of President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law is unconstitutional, which comes after two other federal judges ruled it was constitutional, setting up an eventual showdown...
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25,000 Ohioans sign to “protect, preserve” Social Security
December 7, 2010Dozens of senior activists rallied at the Cleveland AFL-CIO headquarters Monday to "Protect, Preserve and Pass Along Social Security and Medicare" and to "protest the continuing assault on retirees."
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Connecticut leaders to receive People’s World awards
November 29, 2010Three leaders have been named as recipients of the Amistad Award to be presented here by the People's World on Sunday, Dec. 5.
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