health care

McDonald’s and Kaiser workers carry ‘Striketober’ into ‘Strikesgiving’

November 9, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Golden Arches workers forced to walk out in Calif.; 32K hospital workers give health giant strike notice.

Connecticut group home workers strike Sunrise for wages, pensions, dignity

November 5, 2021 By Special to People’s World

Most are making less than $17-an-hour and have to pay $6,000 in monthly premiums for family health insurance coverage. The CEO, meanwhile, rakes in a $325k annual salary.

Kaiser hospitals’ intransigence forces workers to authorize strike

October 13, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

After two weeks with no contract, the company stalls on talks that are going nowhere.

Supreme Court lets Texas kill Roe v. Wade and abortion rights

September 2, 2021 By C.J. Atkins

Attacks on women have people comparing Texas to the Taliban.

Senate plows through budget, rejecting most GOP ‘social issue’ schemes

August 11, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

The blueprint passed could produce historic pro-worker change if lawmakers respond to the mass movements and their election mandates.