Labor

Single-payer health care advocates plan new campaign

January 31, 2013 By Press Associates And The Will County Labor Record

Some 200 union advocates of single-payer government-run national health care met in Chicago in mid-January to plan their next moves.

Harkin, Senate Labor Committee chairman, to retire

January 31, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Senate Labor Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said on Jan. 26 that he would not seek re-election next year.

Unions and allies to GOP: Stop holding Americans hostage!

January 30, 2013 By John Wojcik

The two top Illinois labor leaders were joined by policy experts to demand closing tax loopholes for Wall Street and the richest two percent of Americans.

Today in labor history: Gravediggers’ strike ends

January 30, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Nearly 1,100 burials were delayed after negotiations between the two groups broke down and workers were locked out of the association's 26 cemeteries.

Public pressure stops Walmart land purchase

January 30, 2013 By John Rummel

Walmart lost a major battle to build a 130,000 square foot supercenter in Southfield, as the City Council voted to not rezone a land parcel the big box giant wanted.