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Among the biggest lies circulating in the current health care debate is the gross distortion of universal health care in Canada, which has provided free health care for all citizens since 1961. According to an ugly and vocal coalition of right wing commentators, health insurance lobbyists and anti-government zealots, the Canadian system routinely denies treatment,
Read moreIn what would be a dramatic improvement to the rules governing union elections for airline and railroad employees, the National Mediation Board (NMB) is weighing a request from the AFL-CIO to allow representational elections to be decided by a majority of workers who cast ballots. “It’s time to give air and rail workers the same
Read morePennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell joined IAM representatives and members of Local 1400 at Voith Hydro in York, PA, to unveil a report intended to steer the U.S. towards the creation of 700,000 family-supporting jobs by 2025. According to the study, the U.S. hydropower industry could install between 23,000 megawatts and 60,000 megawatts of additional capacity
Read moreVirginia State Council of Machinists Secretary-Treasurer and Local 2531 member Linda Henderson received the 2009 “Woman of the Year” award from the Western Virginia chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). The award was presented by WV Chapter President Tina Campbell at the “Bread and Roses” Labor Awards Dinner in Roanoke, VA. It
Read moreMore than 400,000 Americans exhausted their unemployment benefits on October 1, 2009. That number is expected to reach over a million by the end of the year. Still, a small minority of Republican Senators are playing politics with a compromise bill that would extend benefits for those individuals and their families. The group,
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