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Andy Stern

Lloyd Blankfein Gives Thanks

Andy Stern | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

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Andy Stern

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has a lot to be thankful for this year. But among it all, he and other Wall Stree CEOs don't seem especially thankful for the American people.

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Lloyd Blankfein Has A Reality Problem

Andy Stern | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Financial Crisis, Stella D'Oro, Bonuses, Bronx, Wall Street Bonuses, Andy Stern, Business News
Andy Stern

Lloyd Blankfein doesn't get it. If he really wants to change Goldman Sachs' image, he's got to change reality.

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Julian Hattem

Andy Stern: Goldman Sachs 'Worships No God But The Almighty Dollar' (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Robert Weissman, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Public Citizen, Andy Stern, Seiu, Business News

Protesters rallied outside of Goldman Sachs' Washington office office Monday and railed against big bonuses and "Too Big To Fail" banks. The SEIU and ...

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Goldman Sachs: It's Time to Put Country Before Company

Andy Stern | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Banks, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Service Employees International Union, Seiu, Andy Stern, Business News
Andy Stern

We're taking to the streets because it seems as if companies like Goldman Sachs love their company more than their country. Goldman Sachs seems to salute no flag but their own corporate logo.

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Financial Industry Gives 250% More to Sway Key Legislators, Public Citizen Reveals at Goldman Sachs Protest

Art Levine | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Andy Stern, Financial Crisis, Afl-Cio, Goldmansachs, Barack Obama, Seiu, Financial Reform, Politics News
Art Levine

Fury is mounting over Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein's comment that's he's just a banker "doing God's work" and the ongoing risk that "too big to fail" firms like Goldman Sachs pose to the economy.

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"Showdown In Chicago": Thousands Of Protesters Gather At Bankers' Convention, Jesse Jackson, Labor Leaders Speak (VIDEO)

Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

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(UPDATE: Scroll down for more original video from the protests) Thousands of people gathered in Chicago today in front of the American Bankers Associ...

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There's No Such Thing As A Republican Filibuster: It's Time to Deliver

Andy Stern | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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Andy Stern

There is no such thing as a Republican filibuster. Right now, the only ones who can stand in the way of giving the American people meaningful health care reform are our elected Democratic Senators.

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Sam Stein

Labor Leader Warns Of "Price To Pay" For Dems Who Support Health Care Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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One of the nation's most powerful union leaders warned conservative Democratic senators on Thursday that there would be a "price to pay" if they voted...

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Kennedy's Death Spurs Calls To Pass Health Legislation

Wall Street Journal | Jake Sherman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare Reform, Ted Kennedy, Andy Stern, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

The death of Sen. Edward Kennedy quickly became a rallying cry for Congress to pass health care overhaul legislation. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's of...

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SEIU Talks Peace -- But Continues War -- on UNITE HERE

Randy Shaw | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Change to Win, Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, John Wilhelm, Seiu, Unite Here, Labor Unions, Andy Stern, Politics News
Randy Shaw

Stern's optimism runs counter to the facts. No date for negotiations with UNITE HERE has been set and Stern has not publicly renounced his demand for binding arbitration.

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Why Wal-Mart's Health Care Letter Matters

Doug Schoen | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Medicare, Service Employees International Union, Center for American Progress, John Podesta, Mike Duke, Wal-Mart, President Obama, Andy Stern, Business News
Doug Schoen

The company made famous for low prices just helped further solidify cost control as a requirement for entry in the health care debate.

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Labor Movement Backs UNITE HERE Against SEIU Raids

Randy Shaw | Posted 07.31.2009 | Home

Read More: Afscme, Unite Here, Labor, Change to Win, John Wilhelm, Organized Labor, Labor Unions, Terrence O'Sullivan, Gerald McEntee, Seiu, Andy Stern, Home News
Randy Shaw

In a dramatic blow to SEIU's efforts to raid UNITE HERE members and jurisdictions, 15 of the nation's leading unions pledged Monday to provide UNITE H...

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Is Fresno SEIU's Vietnam?

Randy Shaw | Posted 07.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Labor, Nuhw, Andy Stern, Organized Labor, Labor Movement, Labor Unions, Sal Rosselli, Seiu, Home News
Randy Shaw

SEIU defeated NUHW by 233 votes in their bitter election over Fresno's 10,000 home care workers, but now faces a situation analogous to the United Sta...

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Sam Stein

Dean On Conrad's Co-op Plan: Insurance Industry Licking Its Lips

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Kent Conrad's proposal for a cooperative approach to health insurance coverage has created a unique challenge for progressive health care advocat...

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An Open Letter to the Labor Movement Regarding UNITE HERE Conflict

Bruce Raynor | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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Bruce Raynor

Let's end this now. Let's get back to fighting for economic and social justice to improve the lives of union members and working families.

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While Morning Joe Crew Says All Unionized Business Fail, 1,000 Execs Endorse Pro-Union Bill

Art Levine | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Andy Stern, Afl-Cio, Joe Scarborough, Chamber of Commerce, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Morning Joe, Seiu, Media News
Art Levine

Andrew Ross Sorkin and his allies on the Morning Joe show came in for a thorough thrashing from union leaders and progressive bloggers yesterday for their ignorance.

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Sam Stein

Labor Ad Calls On Obama To Aid Health Care Workers With Whom He Campaigned

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

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The labor community is ramping up the pressure on Barack Obama to intervene in what could be drastic and costly wage cuts for health care employees in...

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Sam Stein

SEIU: Specter Won't Get Our Support Without Some Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

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Senator Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic Party was supposed to ease his path towards reelection in 2010. But in a memo to Pennsylvania memb...

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Sam Stein

Unions See Specter Opening, Dangle Electoral Help For EFCA Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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With poll numbers showing Sen. Arlen Specter in dangerous electoral water, union officials have begun presenting what amounts to a "get-out-of-jail-fr...

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Sam Stein

SEIU's Stern To Obama: BofA CEO Should Be Fired If GM CEO Had To Go

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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One of the highest-profile union leaders in the country criticized the president on Tuesday for having a double standard for the automotive and financ...

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Sam Stein

SEIU's President Spotted Leaving The White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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Roughly two hours before the President took the stage for his second press conference in as many months, SEIU's president Andy Stern was spotted leavi...

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Protests Across Country Focus on Workers' Strife, Citizen Journalists Report

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

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Reporting by Natasha Chen, Daniel Howes, Karen Kilpowicz, Pamela Mays McDonald, Linda R. Monk, Dorothy Noble, Elizabeth Ross, Jim Stevenson, Betty Ten...

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Arthur Delaney

Bailout Bonus Rage Hits The Streets (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

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Rage over $165 million in bonuses for employees of bailout-beneficiary American International Group spilled into the streets Thursday when over 100 pe...

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A Bipartisan Road to Health Care Reform?

Eileen McMenamin | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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Eileen McMenamin

The President is right to signal we need to spend money on health care. We can't afford not to do it. The most expensive thing is to do is to just sit and do nothing at all.

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Five Things to Know about the Employee Free Choice Act

Andy Stern | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Employee Free Choice Act, Economy, Card Check, Seiu, Efca, Service Employees International Union, Andy Stern, Politics News
Andy Stern

Corporate interests are bent on lying about EFCA -- they'd have you believe that the bill means the end of the secret ballot, when it simply gives employees the choice to join unions -- not the employers.

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