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Cisco Janitors Take to the Streets

Natasha Chen | Posted 04.29.2009 | Home

Read More: CEO Pay, Paul Fong, San Jose, John Chambers, Stimulus Package, Cisco Systems, Justice for Janitors, American Building Maintenance, Jones Lang LaSalle, Barack Obama, Silicon Valley, Seiu, San Jose-California, Milpitas-California, Home News
Natasha Chen

Chanting "No peace outside, no respect inside" and "Si se puede," workers filed down East Tasman Dr., where Cisco's tens of buildings line both sides of the street.

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Wal-Mart and the Future of Healthcare

Ron Galloway | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Healthcare, Seiu, Tom Daschle, Electronic Health Records, Information Technology, Corporate Responsibility, Health Clinics, Electronic Healthcare Records, Medicare, Medicaid, Netflix, Sam's Club, Health Care, Wal-Mart, Business News
Ron Galloway

In healthcare I think through sheer scale Wal-Mart wi'll prevail, and change the landscape of the industry as a healthcare "black swan."

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Sam Stein

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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Food Deserts, Unemployment Could Give Wal-Mart And Daley An Opening

Chicago Sun-Times | Laura Washington | Posted 04.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Walmart, Seiu, Mayor Daley, Seiu Wal Mart, Wal Mart Chicago Stores, Chicago Food Deserts, Chicago Big Box Ordinance, Chicago News

It's called kicking the can down the road. In 2006, Mayor Richard M. Daley took a political hit that still reverberates today. The Service Employee In...

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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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Boosted by Pro-Union Poll, Labor Targets Blue Dog Congressman, AIG, Banks

Art Levine | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Afl-Cio, Obama, Boren, Employee Free Choice Act, Seiu, Aig, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Art Levine

The union movement has been buoyed by a new independent Gallup Poll yesterday showing that a majority of Americans favor the Employee Free Choice Act that would make forming unions eager.

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Anti-EFCA Dem Linked To Dead Worker In New Union TV Ad

The Plum Line | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Seiu Ad, Senate Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Seiu, Efca, Dan Boren, Obama Efca, House Efca, Union Officials Efca, Blue Dogs, SEIU Endorsement, Union Efca, Democrats Efca, Blue Dogs Coalition, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

This is some rough stuff. The SEIU has just launched a hard-hitting Web video that ties Blue Dog Democrat Dan Boren to the horrific death of a worker ...

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Sam Stein

Unions Targeting GOPers, Including Rep. Shadegg, On EFCA

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Seiu Shadegg, Conservative Efca, Seiu, Union Officials, Republicans in Congress, Unions Republicans, Efca Unions, Politics News

Members of the powerful Service Employees International Union are working members of Congress, including House Republicans, in an effort to drum up su...

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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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Major Labor Unions Consider Reuniting After Bitter Split 4 Years Ago

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Labor Unions, Big Labor, Service Employees International, Seiu, Labor, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Union leaders are talking about reuniting under a single, more powerful federation, nearly four years after a nasty breakup split o...

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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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Why Healthcare Can't Wait

Andy Stern and Jeff Kindler | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama State of the Union, Pfizer, Obama Health Care, Health Care, State of the Union, Seiu, Politics News
Andy Stern and Jeff Kindler

Through the years, there have been many issues where labor and business don't see eye to eye. Here's one where we firmly agree: the need to fix healthcare, now, not in spite of the economic crisis, but because of it.

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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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Sam Stein

SEIU Set To Realign And Potentially Lay-off Work Force

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Seiu Reallignment, Seiu Layoffs, Employee Free Choice Act, Union Politics, Service Employees International Union Afl-Cio, Service Employees International Union, Seiu Employees, Seiu, Politics News

One of the nation's most influential unions is making preparations for staff cuts and rearrangements in an effort to meet challenging economic and pol...

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We're All Wal-Mart Shoppers Now

Ron Galloway | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Walmart Unions, Cardcheck, Bruce Springsteen, Seiu, Boeing, Sears, Economy, The New York Times, Microsoft, Economic Crisis, Kodak, Business, Recession, Layoffs, Job Cuts, Starbucks, Recession Fears, New York Times, Business News
Ron Galloway

WalMart has 1.4 million employees at its 4000 U.S. locations. These employees have one thing in common: a job. Maybe not the most rewarding job in the world, but a job nonetheless.

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Labor Unions Divided In Emanuel Replacement Race

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 03.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Seiu Feigenholtz, Illinois Special Election, John Fritchey, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Il-5, Afscme Fritchey, Sara Feigenholtz, Seiu, Afscme, Chicago News

Organized labor is splitting its vote in the race to succeed Rahm Emanuel in Congress. AFSCME, the big government workers' union, quietly endorsed st...

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A Labor Secretary Who is Actually Pro-Union

Jonah Lalas | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Organizing, Labor, Employee Free Chioce Act, Hilda Solis, Seiu, Secretary of Labor, Obama, Unions, Union, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Jonah Lalas

Once the employer realizes his/her employees are willing to stand up for better pay, more affordable healthcare, and better working conditions by forming a union, they begin to fight.

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Obama To Host Labor Leaders While Issuing Executive Orders

Plum Line | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama White House, Labor, Hilda Solis, Employee Free Choice Act, Seiu, Afl-Cio, John Sweeney, Labor Unions, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Obama administration has notified leading labor officials that it will host them at the White House tomorrow at an event where President Obama pla...

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SEIU To Call For Firing Of Bank Of America CEO

The Plum Line | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Seiu Bank of America, Employee Free Choice Act, Bank of America, Bank of America Ceo, Ken Lewis, Seiu, Efca, Ken Lewis Firing, Politics News

The labor powerhouse Service Employees International Union will become the first union to call on Bank of America to fire embattled CEO Ken Lewis late...

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Powerful Union SEIU May Stay Out Of Emanuel Replacement Race

Chicago Sun-Times | Laura Washington | Posted 02.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jerry Morrison, John Fritchey, Tom Geoghegan, Seiu, Seiu Illinois, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Il-5, Sara Feigenholtz, Mike Quigley, Charles Wheelan, Chicago News

The Service Employees International Union is still puffed up over its prowess in the 2007 Chicago aldermanic elections, when the SEIU helped turn over...

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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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ACORN Helps Lead Progressive Action to Pass A Stimulus Package

Bertha Lewis | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rallies, Jobs With Justice, Economic Stimulus Package, MoveOn.Org, Acorn, Economy, Seiu, People for the American Way, Sierra Club, Americans United for Change, US Action, Afscme, Politics News
Bertha Lewis

Because of reality facing America's low- and moderate-income communities, ACORN members and their neighborhoods function as the canaries in our nation's economic coal mine.

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