John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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Illinois election battles heat up
January 14, 2010CHICAGO - The 2010 election year has shifted into turbo drive here. Illinois looks to be a key national battleground where the labor-led all people's coalition faces a stiff challenge to consolidate the defeat of the...
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2010 elections key to building a green, demilitarized economy
January 7, 2010In a Dec. 4 editorial entitled, "The Welfare State and Military Power," the Wall Street Journal actually said something I agree with: you can't have both guns and butter.
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Aid urgently needed to stem Cook County health care crisis
December 29, 2009Stroger Hospital, is the largest public hospital in Cook County and one of the largest in the country. If there is a place where the nation's horrific health care crisis can be seen this is it.
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Joy and inspiration mark Chicago People’s World banquet
December 12, 2009Enjoying great music, food and politics, a full house celebrated the 22nd Annual People's World Banquet Dec. 6 at the Parthenon Restaurant.
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Federal aid urgently needed to avoid state budget catastrophes
November 24, 2009CHICAGO— Looming behind the 17 million jobless tsunami hitting the country is another disaster: over $180 billion in accumulated budget deficits set to devastate state governments, according to a new study by the Pew Center for...
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S K Handtools workers end strike, save health care and jobs
November 12, 2009CHICAGO - After a 10-week strike to save their jobs, health care and union, seventy Teamster Local 743 members at S K Handtools voted 3 to 1 to accept the company offer and began returning to...
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Congress Hotel strikers set record
October 28, 2009CHICAGO – “This is an embarrassing day for the city of Chicago,” declared Guadalupe Perez a striking Congress Hotel worker at an Oct. 26 action honoring the strike.
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‘Baby steps’ herald beginning of end to Cuba blockade
October 13, 2009Despite a few missteps, momentum continues to build to end the 48 year-old US blockade of Cuba.
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