Posts Tagged ‘labor unions’
An interview with Jack Rasmus, a professor of economics at St. Mary’s College and Santa Clara University in Northern California. Prof. Rasmus is a member of the newly formed National Steering Committee of the Workers Emergency Recovery Campaign (WERC). The interview was conducted on March 2, 2009, by Alan Benjamin, organizer for the WERC.
Tags: bailout, labor unions, Obama
The following resolution was adopted unanimously by the Delegates’ Meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council on Monday, February 23, 2009.
Tags: HR676, labor unions, single payer, WERC
February 17, 2009
Union Talks Seen as Key as G.M. Makes Case for Funds
By BILL VLASIC and NICK BUNKLEY
DETROIT — With its access to a government lifeline possibly at risk, General Motors executives were locked in intense negotiations Monday with leaders of the United Automobile Workers over ways to cut its vast bills for retiree health [...]
Tags: bailout, labor unions
On January 15, 2009, the San Francisco Labor Council adopted a bold program to fight the economic crisis facing workers.
Tags: bailout, labor unions
An appeal from the Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of the 85,000-member California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee. She can be reached at pmproj@progressive.org.
Tags: labor unions, single payer