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On AlterNet: seiu

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "seiu"

Labor Against the War Shifting Sights to Afghanistan Occupation

Labor Against the War Shifting Sights to Afghanistan Occupation

Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes. November 23, 2009.
Because of domestic issues like health care reform, many unions have remained silent about Afghanistan. That's about to change.

Will the Senate Stand Against Anti-Choice Stupak Amendment?

Will the Senate Stand Against Anti-Choice Stupak Amendment?

Emily Douglas, The Nation AlterNet: Politics. November 13, 2009.
As the fight for health-care reform moves to the Senate, will Harry Reid stave off the anti-choice forces who mucked up the House bill?

For Glenn Beck, SEIU Is 'Radical, Marxist,' Except When Its Nurses Treat Him for Emergency Abdominal Pains

For Glenn Beck, SEIU Is 'Radical, Marxist,' Except When Its Nurses Treat Him for Emergency Abdominal Pains

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. November 5, 2009.
Beck described SEIU nurse care as "amazing" after his inflamed appendix was removed.

Green Supermarkets? Janitors Push the Next Wave of Healthy Workplaces

Green Supermarkets? Janitors Push the Next Wave of Healthy Workplaces

Ngoc Nguyen, New America Media. October 27, 2009.
One of the country’s largest unions is broadening its idea of a safe and healthy workplace.

Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs Enflame Scary Right-Wing Rage

Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs Enflame Scary Right-Wing Rage

John V. Santore, Media Matters for America. August 11, 2009.
The conservative playbook has been laid bare, and it's ugly. How long until their overheated rhetoric spills over into violence?

Union Faces Threats as Mob Mentality Deepens on Right

Union Faces Threats as Mob Mentality Deepens on Right

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Politics. August 7, 2009.
In fact, SEIU seems to have quickly become the new focus of far-right activists.

Don't Let Wells Fargo Be a Roadblock to Economic Recovery

Don't Let Wells Fargo Be a Roadblock to Economic Recovery

ZP Heller, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. July 14, 2009.
Why won’t Wells Fargo use its bailout billions to keep the Quad City Die Casting company afloat?

Worker Uprising Against Wells Fargo Spreads After Major Victory to Keep Factories Open

Worker Uprising Against Wells Fargo Spreads After Major Victory to Keep Factories Open

Mike Elk, AlterNet. July 2, 2009.
Workers fight back against Wells Fargo for closing their factory and they win! Now other workers take on the fight.

Demanding Justice for Murdered Immigrant Luis Ramirez Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Demanding Justice for Murdered Immigrant Luis Ramirez Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. May 19, 2009.
Join us in urging Pa. Gov. Rendell to speak out about Luis Ramirez's tragic slaying.

Fighting Rich Lobbyists to Save Health Care Reform Is AlterNet's Top Take-Action Campaign of the Week

Fighting Rich Lobbyists to Save Health Care Reform Is AlterNet's Top Take-Action Campaign of the Week

AlterNetMay 11, 2009.
Powerful medical lobbyists stand in the way of health care progress in the name of profits. We must put an end to it.

Don't Fall for the Health Industry Barons' Empty Promises

Don't Fall for the Health Industry Barons' Empty Promises

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 11, 2009.
Obama is welcoming the health care lobby's Trojan Horse -- a pledge to cut the growth of costs to "only" 4.7 annually.

Saving Death Row Inmate Troy Davis's Life Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Saving Death Row Inmate Troy Davis's Life Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. May 5, 2009.
Troy Davis faces execution for murdering a police officer, despite that 7 out of 9 witnesses have recanted or contradicted their testimony.

Fire Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis

Fire Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. April 27, 2009.
Join SEIU in demonstrations across the country tomorrow to protest the poster boy of corporate greed.

Public Outrage Over Bank of America's Self-Serving, Predatory and Dangerous Practices Heats Up

Public Outrage Over Bank of America's Self-Serving, Predatory and Dangerous Practices Heats Up

Ali Jost, SEIU AlterNet: PEEK. April 16, 2009.
Leading up to Bank of America's annual shareholder meeting, consumers, employees and shareholders will call for reform, from top to bottom.

SEIU Throws Down the Gauntlet to O’Reilly: Walk a Day in Our Shoes

SEIU Throws Down the Gauntlet to O’Reilly: Walk a Day in Our Shoes

ZP Heller, SEIU AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 9, 2009.
Combating O'Reilly's baseless attacks over Employee Free Choice.

The Armageddon-Provoking Employee Free Choice Act

The Armageddon-Provoking Employee Free Choice Act

ZP Heller, SEIU AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 4, 2009.
The horrors, the horrors of allowing workers to negotiate fair wages and benefits.

Why Healthcare Can't Wait

Why Healthcare Can't Wait

Andy Stern, Jeff Kindler, Huffington Post. February 26, 2009.
There have been many issues where labor and business don't see eye to eye. Here's one where we firmly agree: the need to fix healthcare, now.

Can Labor Revive the American Dream?

Can Labor Revive the American Dream?

Esther Kaplan, The Nation. January 19, 2009.
The financial markets are in tatters, but corporate America is keeping its eyes on the prize: crushing organized labor.

Bank of America: Bad for America

Bank of America: Bad for America

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. January 15, 2009.
Squandering $25 billion in bailout bucks.

 Service Employees Vote to Split United Healthcare Workers-West, Members Call for Disaffiliation

Service Employees Vote to Split United Healthcare Workers-West, Members Call for Disaffiliation

Mark Brenner, Labor Notes. January 14, 2009.
The move would create a single local union for all of SEIU's nursing home and home-care workers in California.

Union Ramps Up Massive Campaign to Keep Obama's Feet to the Fire

Union Ramps Up Massive Campaign to Keep Obama's Feet to the Fire

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. January 9, 2009.
The SEIU says it's making a big push and committing huge resources to work for the passage of key progressive measures to aid working families.

WSJ Uses 'Reporting' to Print Free Political Advertising for Anti-Labor Group

WSJ Uses 'Reporting' to Print Free Political Advertising for Anti-Labor Group

Scarecrow, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 23, 2008.
Political agendas instead of news. Welcome to the Wall Street Journal.

How Obama Can Save the Middle Class Today on Meet the Bloggers (1pm ET/10am PT)

How Obama Can Save the Middle Class Today on Meet the Bloggers (1pm ET/10am PT)

Robert Greenwald, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. November 14, 2008.
SEIU's Anna Burger on the importance of the Employee Free Choice Act.

Make Sure Obama Makes Good on His Promise to Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

Make Sure Obama Makes Good on His Promise to Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

Staff, SEIU AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 10, 2008.
Help give the middle class a much-needed boost.

Voting Rights of Thousands of Purged Colorado Voters Restored

Voting Rights of Thousands of Purged Colorado Voters Restored

Common Cause, Mi Familia Vote, SEIU, October 30, 2008.
"Thousands of Colorado voters illegally purged from the registration lists will have their votes counted."