No One Should Have to Bargain For Health Care
Share this postNearly 50,000 members of the United Auto Workers are on strike, demanding that General Motors pay them their fair share of the billions in profits the company raked in last year. The...
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Share this post Bernie Sanders is leading in the Nevada polls, but he faces a major obstacle: One of the most powerful actors in state politics has come out swinging against his signature...
View ArticleLabor’s civil war over ‘Medicare for All’ threatens its 2020 clout
Share this post“Medicare for All” is roiling labor unions across the country, threatening to divide a critical part of the Democratic base ahead of several major presidential primaries. In union-heavy...
View ArticleCoronavirus Shows Capitalism Is a Razor’s Edge
Share this post My best friend works as a standardized patient, which means she is a practice patient for medical schools to train and test students. One day she’ll play an older woman with a pulmonary...
View ArticleDemocrats in Congress Should Rethink a Health Insurance Deal That Would Be...
Share this post Congress must act decisively to ensure Americans get needed health care in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, both to promote public health and to reduce viral spread. But one...
View ArticleHow America Continues to Fail the Health Care Workers Battling the Pandemic
Share this post American Red Cross workers travel from one community to another conducting the blood drives that save countless lives in emergency departments and operating rooms. But they struggle to...
View ArticleTrump Is Waging War on the VA’s Union, and Workers Are Living in Fear
Share this post As Donald Trump campaigns for reelection by declaring his love for the military and its veterans, the union that represents more than a quarter of a million Department of...
View ArticleOSHA Issues Emergency Rule for Healthcare Employers and Updates Guidance for...
Share this post On January 21, 2021, one day after his inauguration, President Biden signed an executive order directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider issuing a...
View ArticleSteward’s Corner: How One Union Uses Kitchen Table Economics to Advance...
Share this post Our union, the United Electrical Workers, represents a diverse range of workplaces. Our members manufacture locomotive engines in Erie, Pennsylvania, and soap in Orange County,...
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