health care
Union leaders announce ‘big improvements’ in Senate’s health care tax plan
January 15, 2010Leaders of America's major unions, coming out of intense negotiations with the president and congressional leaders, said late yesterday that they were close to winning big improvements for workers in the health care reform legislation nearing...
Read moreCalifornians rally for state single-payer health system
January 13, 2010Californians rally and lobby for a statewide single-payer health care system.
Read moreUnion leaders meet with White House on health reform
January 11, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI)--Democratic President Barack Obama tried Jan. 11 to convince top union leaders to drop labor's opposition to taxing workers' health care benefits.
Read moreTrumka: Time for a new economy
January 11, 2010The full text of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's speech on labor's agenda for a new economy at the National Press Club.
Read moreUnions battle proposed health benefit tax
January 9, 2010A major union leader, commenting on CBO claims that employers will pass along, in the form of raises, cost savings that result from a tax on workers' health benefits said today that, "They may also believe...
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