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A 2005 Families USA report
estimated that uncompensated care, or bad debt and charity care, cost
the US health care system $43 billion, resulting in an average increase
of $922 in family health insurance policies through the year. A New York Times
report discusses how some hospitals, in an effort...
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By voting for Proposition 87, California voters have the
opportunity to join a growing number of states in investing in clean
energy. Backing the proposition are more than just environmental
groups. Unions, civil rights organizations, health workers, and many
others have joined in the fight for...
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Nearly 200 Wal-Mart workers spontaneously walked off the job
in Florida this week in response to new rules that even two department
managers leading the walkout deemed "inhuman." Not only were hours cut
for all full-time workers -- from 40 hours a week down to 32 hours, but
employees were...
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What would a policy that really values families look like?
Parents need real programs, not just rhetoric, that help them take
care of their children or sick family members and supports the decent
wages and health care all families need.
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In a ground breaking measure, San Francisco voters will be voting on a ballot proposal
next month to guarantee workers paid sick days, up to nine days per
year for full-time workers at large businesses with fewer days off for
employees in small businesses or in part-time jobs. A broad coalition
of...
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The Bill of Rights is a nice idea, but for most workers, it disappears
when they punch the clock to begin work each day, even when the
employer is the government.
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Ohio gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland
is running for office on an ambitious program to leverage high-speed
Internet "broadband" deployment for economic growth and bring its
benefits to all Ohioans. Similarly, as part of his campaign for
Governor, New York's Elliot Spitzer
is...
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The National Labor Relations Board ruled this week that a range of
professionals, estimated at 8 million workers, are now deemed
"supervisors" and thus lose all protections under labor law. What this
means is that an estimated 8 million workers who say a positive thing
about unions can...
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Let no one tell you that the problem America faces is that our workers
are treated to well. In addition to having the National Labor Relations
Board basically sign on to a union-busting agenda, the nation's largest
private sector employer offers more bad news for workers.
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When reporters exposed a massive wiretapping program and phone call
database orchestrated by the National Security Agency with apparent
help from a number of phone companies, many consumers felt rightfully
that their privacy rights had been violated.
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The Economic Policy Institute reports that from 2004 to 2005, the number of uninsured children in America grew by 361,000, the first increase in seven years. The Campaign for Children's Health Care has released a report called No Shelter from the Storm: America's Uninsured Children, that lays out...
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With election season looming, you have the media hyping mobilization
by the religious right around social issues like abortion and gay
marriage. Just this weekend, the Los Angeles Times
highlighted the recruitment by the religious right of 5000 "patriot
pastors" to mobilize around issues...
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