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Police Remove SEIU Protesters From State Capitol (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Budget, Video, Illinois Budget Cuts, Illinois Budget Protests, Seiu, Seiu Illinois, Keith Kelleher, Illinois Social Services, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Eight health care workers blocking access to the Illinois House have been removed by Capitol police officers. The home- and...

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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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Health Care Lobbyists vs. The People: The Final Showdown (VIDEO)

Art Levine | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care for America Now, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Obama, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Seiu, Abc, Politics News
Art Levine

If the public wants a public option and the non-competitive private insurance industry can't deliver affordable, accessible health care, what's keeping Congress from backing it strongly right now?

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Healthy Americans Against Reforming Medicine Plot To Derail Obama Plan (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care, Satire, Seiu, Comedy News

A new group calling itself Healthy Americans Against Reforming Medicine (HAARM) has launched a website to promote its efforts to derail health care re...

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Chamber of Commerce, Unionbuster vs. Pope, Catholic Bishops on Union Rights

Art Levine | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Chamber of Commerce, Employee Free Choice Act, Catholic Bishops, Seiu, Afl-Cio, Pope, Business News
Art Levine

The union movement enlisted a powerful ally in its drive for workers' rights: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, following the guidance of, yes, the Pope.

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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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Why Does Chamber of Commerce Favor Arbitration for Workplace Rape Victims, But Oppose It for Union Workers?

Art Levine | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Unions, Jamie Lee Jones, Employee Free Choice Act, Npr, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Rape, Arbitration, Seiu, Business News
Art Levine

What's especially galling is how fervently businesses embrace arbitration when it allows them to avoid being held accountable for negligence towards employees or the defrauding of consumers.

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As Senators Huddle Over Bill, Grass-Roots Drive, Pro-Labor Ads Pressure Wavering Dems (VIDEO)

Art Levine | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Blanche Lincoln, Mark Pryor, Arkansas, Tom Harkin, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Seiu, Politics News
Art Levine

Senators, led by Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin, are stepping up the pace of negotiations for a version of the Employee Free Choice Act that could be introduced by next month.

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Binding Arbitration, Sooner the Better

Danny Glover | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Labor, Unite Here, Labor Unions, Unions, Seiu, Workers United, Danny Glover, Business News
Danny Glover

I will always be a union activist, and I am proud of that. What I am not proud of is what the fight between UNITE HERE and Workers United/SEIU is doing to this movement I care so much about.

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An Open Letter to the Labor Movement Regarding UNITE HERE Conflict

Bruce Raynor | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unite Here, Unite, Labor, Labor Unions, Seiu, Unions, Andy Stern, Workers United, Here, Politics News
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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Dick Cheney Battles Clergy Over Employee Free Choice Act

Art Levine | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kim Bobo, Big Business, Jim Wallis, Employee Free Choice Act, Clergy, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Pope, Seiu, Politics News
Art Levine

Dick Cheney's remarks Tuesday attacking the Employee Free Choice Act aired on the same day as a new coalition of religious leaders pressed the case for the pro-worker legislation.

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Card Check Is Not the Solution for Pension Mismanagement

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Collective Bargaining, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, Gary Shapiro, Hudson Institute, Pensions, James Hoffa, Cea, Unite Here, Unions, Seiu, Business News
Gary Shapiro

The union promise of jobs and better wages is deeply alluring, but their mechanism to securing them, so-called "card check," is fundamentally flawed.

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Sam Stein

SEIU Writes Bank Of America, Calls For Lewis' Outright Firing

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Lewis Firing, Bank of America, Ken Lewis, Seiu, Bank of America Fire, Anna Burger, Massey Lewis Fire, Walter E. Massey, Business News

Officials with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are calling on the new chairman of Bank of America to fire recently-replaced chairman ...

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Sam Stein

Specter Meets With Labor Officials

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Specter Employee Free Choice Act, Arlen Specter, Specter Labor Community, Seiu Specter, Specter Democrat, Seiu, Politics News

Officers with the powerful Service Employees International Union are meeting Tuesday with newly minted Democrat Arlen Specter, a labor official confir...

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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

Read More: Specter Pennsylvania, Labor Community, Seiu Memo, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Specter, Seiu, Labor Community Pennsylvania, Specter Support, Pennsylvania Democrats, Andy Stern, Politics News

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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Progressive Victory: Bank of America's Ken Lewis Out as Chairman

ZP Heller | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street CEOs, Take Back the Economy, Bailout, Bank of America, Seiu, Ken Lewis, Business News
ZP Heller

This is a huge win for progressives, who have been up in arms for months over BofA's decision to continue its shamelessly greedy, predatory practices after receiving tens of billions in bailout funds.

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Fire Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Ceo, Bailout, Wall Street, Bank of America, Seiu, Ken Lewis, Business News
Robert Greenwald

The economic crisis is out of control, as Bank of America and the corrupt corporate elite continue to wage class warfare. It's time we hit back hard.

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Song Guy Who Wrote "Hey, Paul Krugman" Takes on EFCA

Jonah Lalas | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Efca, Blanche Lincoln, Employee Free Choice Act, Music Video, Jonathan Mann, Chamber of Commerce, Service Employees International Union, Krugman Song, Hey Paul Krugman, Song Guy, Blue Dog Democrats, Seiu, Politics News
Jonah Lalas

Firing someone for expressing an opinion should be branded "un-American" and identified as something you would expect from a dictatorial regime

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Sam Stein

"Fire Ken Lewis": Robert Reich Backs Push (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fire Ken Lewis, Robert Reich, Brave New Films, Bank of America, Seiu Fire Ken Lewis, Seiu, Ken Lewis Fire, Reich Ken Lewis, Politics News

Former Labor Secretary and occasional adviser to the president Robert Reich, alongside a coalition of progressive organizations, has launched a new pu...

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Sam Stein

EFCA Ad War Heats Up: SEIU Responds To Chamber's Latest

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ads, Employee Free Choice Act, Chamber Attacks, Chamber of Commerce, Web Ads, Seiu, Ad Wars, Efca Battle, Video, Politics News

The SEIU has just put up a response advertisement to the Chamber of Commerce's own $1 million ad campaign, accusing the Chamber of using stale and fal...

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Healthcare Reform Is Too Important to Fail

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Dennis Rivera | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Healthcare, Labor, Bloomberg Healthcare, Workers, Mayor Bloomberg, Health, SEIU Healthcare, Dennis Rivera, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Seiu, Health Care, Politics News
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Dennis Rivera

In this time of economic emergency, our country needs more than partial solutions that are fraying under the weight of state and local budget crises. We need Washington's leadership to fix our healthcare system.

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The 1-Question Climate Quiz

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Green for All, Climate Equity Alliance, Seiu, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Naacp, Green News
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

The Climate Equity Alliance represents how choosing between environment and the economy is a false choice. Strong climate legislation can, and must, be strong economic legislation.

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Citigroup Plans to Lay Off A Third Of Cleaning Force While Taking Bailout Money

Eric Morse | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: SEIU 32BJ, Efca, Citigroup CEO, Citigroup Layoffs, Cleaning, Labor Unions, Citigroup Bailout, Seiu, Citigroup, Politics News
Eric Morse

As the recipient of a $50 billion tax-payer bailout, Citigroup has come under fire for its corporate spending practices, including a planned $10 million renovation of corporate office suites and a $7.7 million bonus for embattled CEO Vikram Pandit.

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New Franken Ruling, Civil Rights Coalition Backing Boosts Pro-Union Bill

Art Levine | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Specter, Senate, Civil Rights, Employee Free Choice Act, Seiu, Pryor, Coleman Court, Coleman, Norm Coleman Al Franken, Norm Coleman Supreme Court, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Franken Coleman, Coleman Absentee Ballots, Politics News
Art Levine

Tuesday's court decision favoring Al Franken in the disputed Minnesota Senate race also serves as a boon to the ongoing fight over the Employee Free Choice Act.

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