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SEIU President to Step Down

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2010 After 14 years of leading the Service Employees International Union through some major changes and growth spurts, and after months of courting unfriendly fire from right-wing ranks by paying frequent visits to the White House, SEIU President Andy Stern is preparing to step down from his powerful post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Calamity in the Making

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 23, 2010 A major reason for enacting health reform is the fate of elderly and disabled patients—especially the indigent—in nursing homes and assisted-care facilities Nobody is affected more by the confluence of the health care stalemate and the recession than these patients. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How the Democrats Sucker-Punched Labor

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2009 It was a foregone conclusion that Republicans and big business would fight tooth and nail against the proposed Employee Free Choice Act, the union bill that would make organizing easier, but in the end it was Democrats who killed it. The Socialist Worker, appropriately enough, has the most comprehensive take on the story to date. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Democrats Gut Union Bill

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2009 Senate Democrats aren't doing their friends in organized labor any favors Lawmakers have decided to strip out the basic reform in the proposed Employee Free Choice Act that would make creating unions much easier -- the whole point of the bill But all may not be lost . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Playing Publicity With Health Care?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 1, 2009 SEIU President Andrew Stern and Wal-Mart have joined forces, breaking with most other companies to support President Obama's plan requiring employers to provide health insurance to workers. The thing often forgotten is Wal-Mart's horrible record on health care and its current move to make about 40 percent of its employees part-time and thus ineligible for benefits. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ad-ing It All Up

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2008 Scores of independent groups went into hyperdrive for this election, reaching millions of people with some of the most vicious attack ads of the year. But figuring out what impact the groups actually had on the campaigns is a tricky proposition. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Unions Unleash the Troops for Obama

Will Evans, Center for Investigative Reporting Oct 1, 2008 The nation's most powerful labor unions are ratcheting up their efforts to elect Barack Obama with massive voter outreach campaigns. Both SEIU and the AFL-CIO have said this year's efforts will be their largest voter mobilization campaigns ever. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )