Union Labor News: July 2009

• Public Option Necessary For Health Care Reform
  BY JIM CAVANAUGH, SCFL PRESIDENT Sometime this year it appears likely that, at long last, Congress will pass a health care reform bill. After all, President Obama has made health care reform his top priority, no less than five Congressional committees are working on the issue, and they all pledge to have a measure ready for a vote by the fall. The bi... [More]
• Fired Workers Demand Justice from Taco Bell
  As Union Labor News goes to print, the Workers’ Rights Center reports that the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission is attempting to broker an agreement with Taco Bell that could return fired workers to their jobs, at least temporarily. The EEOC’s investigation of workers’ claims of discrimination by Taco Bell, however, is expected to be ongoing, sa... [More]
• Tax Reform Would Save State Jobs and Services
  Ron Blascoe, AFT Local 4848 Steward Money is Available to Avoid Layoffs and Service Cuts! Potential Revenues per... [More]
• How Deregulation Caused Great Recession
  Making Sense of the Meltdown - Third in a Series on the Economic Crisis By Sachin Chheda, Director, Wisconsin Fair Trade Coalition In his essay, “A Call to Arms,” Harvey Rosenfield lays out how Wall Street spent more than $5 billion in campaign contributions and on lobbying in order to get Congress to deregulate th... [More]
• AFSCME 65 Members Honor Fallen Brother
  Members of AFSCME Local 65 paid tribute to James Poter, the victim of an inattentive driver, June 12. Union workers in brightly colored safety vests appeared at Porter’s memorial service, and later drove county highway trucks in a procession in front of the Gunderson funeral home, while family members, friends and other coworkers stood quietly along Monona Drive. Porter&... [More]