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SEIU's President Spotted Leaving The White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Labor White House, Labor Employee Free Choice Act, Seiu White House, Seiu, Andy Stern, Efca Specter, Politics News

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

Read More: Slideshow, Merrill Lynch, Executive Excess, MoveOn.Org, Bank of America, Acorn, Seiu, Protest, Aig, Linda Monk, Andy Stern, Aig Protest, Corporate Greed Protest, Janitor Protest, Cisco Systems, Bailout Outrage, Politics News

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

Read More: Aig, Seiu, Protest, Bailouts, Andy Stern, Bonuses, Bonus Outrage, Politics News

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

Read More: Health Care Reform, Bipartisan, Health Care, Marilyn Werber Serafini, National Journal, Andy Stern, Universal Health Care, Atlantic Media, Healthcare, Politics News
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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Big Business Lobby Goes to War with Grassroots Workers Over Pro-Union Bill Today

Art Levine | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Politico, Andy Stern, Afl-Cio, Rachel Maddow, Employee Free Choice Act, Seiu, Business News
Art Levine

The biggest battle between corporate power and workers' rights in over 50 years starts today with the official introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act by leading Democrats in the House and Senate.

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Sam Stein

SEIU, Chamber Of Commerce Dust Up Started With A Tweet

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Lobbying, Seiu, Chamber v Seiu, Tom Donohue, Seiu Rally, Andy Stern, Donohue Lobbying, Politics News

It started with a tweet. Though the SEIU and the Chamber of Commerce are the thorniest of political foes -- and their heated opposition on the Emplo...

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Sam Stein

Worry Grows Over Dem Defections On EFCA

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Pryor, Employee Free Choice Act, Union Priority, Labor Priority, Democratic Defection, Employee Free Choice Act Debate, Efca, Ben Nelson, Democratic Defection Senate, Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh, Andy Stern, Politics News

Officials tasked with helping push the Employee Free Choice Act through Congress are growing concerned about the possible defection of Senate Democrat...

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Sam Stein

SEIU's Stern: Solis' Absence Hurt Workers On Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Solis Labor Secretary, Employee Free Choice Act, Obama Working Class, Obama Stimulus, Solis Vote, Solis Stimulus, Hilda Solis, Seiu, Republicans Solis, Solis Confirmation, Stern Stimulus, Obama Labor, Andy Stern, Politics News

One of the nation's most prominent union leaders says that working Americans were deprived a voice during the debate over the stimulus package and hou...

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Live from DC - The Energy Summit

Jack Hidary | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy Grid, Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, Van Jones, Solar, Stimulus Bill, Wind Energy, Steven Chu, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Pelosi, Green Transmission, Energy Summit, Al Gore, Boone Pickens, Green Jobs, Green for All, Sierra Club, Rural Electric Cooperative, Solar Power, Bobby Kennedy, Andy Stern, Seiu, Green News
Jack Hidary

While clean energy broadly speaking is on the table, the summit is mainly focused on power transmission -- how do you get solar, wind and other renewables to the grid?

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Obamas Ask Progressives For Help At White House Cocktail Party

The Plum Line | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jimmy Hoffa, Valerie Jarrett, Michelle Obama, Eli Pariser, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Progressive Politics, Obama Progressives, Barack Obama, White House Cocktail Party, Joe Solomonese, Cecile Richardson, Gerry Mcentee, Carl Pope, White House Cocktail Parties, Andy Stern, Politics News

At a private White House cocktail reception last night for leaders of major progressive groups, Barack Obama and his wife Michelle appealed to these l...

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Sam Stein

SEIU: We Trust Obama To Spend Bailout Money Wisely

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Seiu Bailout, Larry Summers, Obama SEIU, Obama Trust, Seiu, SEIU Obama, Seiu Tarp, Obama Bailout, Obama Labor, Obama TARP, Barney Frank, Andy Stern, Stern Obama, Politics News

The head of the powerful Service Employees International Union said on Thursday that he trusts Barack Obama will use the bailout money transparently a...

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Sam Stein

The Indefinable Barack Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Harvard Law Review, Obama Liberals, Obama Hilda Solis, Obama Indefinable, Barack Obama, Joh Aravosis, Seiu, Obama Progressives, Obama Ideology, Obama Cabinet, Progressive Lament, Obama Labor, Andy Stern, Politics News

Barack Obama's appointment of Rep. Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor put an end to the preliminary process of crafting his economic team. It has been,...

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What Is Wal-Mart So Afraid Of? Four Words: Employee Free Choice Act

Robert Greenwald | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Walmart, Civil Liberties, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Economy, Baratunde Thurston, Seiu, Meet the Bloggers, Cenk Uygur, Pensions, American Rights at Work, Robert Greenwald, Recession, Working Class, Brave New Foundation, Efca, Jack and Jill Politics, Michael Whitney, Ceos, Andy Stern, Class,War, Unions, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

The Employee Free Choice Act is a vital piece of legislation that, if passed, will go a long way toward restoring the middle class in our country.

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Denver: Words Turn the Tide

Bill Curry | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Bill Clinton, Dnc, Democratic National Convention, Richard Nixon, 2008 Election, Ted Kennedy, Denver, Andy Stern, Politics News
Bill Curry

For talking woman to woman there's no one like Hillary. When it's time to talk Bubbah to Bubbah, there's nobody like Bill. Between them they can talk to the Democrats' two problem demographics like nobody else.

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