health care
Labor groups defend different pieces of national health care law
February 14, 2012With the national health care revision law yet to fully take effect, but under challenge before the Supreme Court, six labor organizations have stepped forward, four of them joining other groups, to defend different parts of...
Read moreThousands join picket lines at Kaiser Permanente’s California hospitals
February 1, 2012Thousands of workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California marched on picket lines.
Read moreWhat does the future hold for disabled Americans like me?
January 25, 2012The challenges people with disabilities like me face every day at home, at work and in school are everywhere.
Read moreU.S. nurses backed general strike in U.K.
December 5, 2011The National Nurses Union led a coalition of U.S. unions that demonstrated in six cities on Nov. 30 to back British public workers, who staged a one-day strike.
Read moreTwo thirds of HIV victims in U.S. are untreated
November 30, 2011Only about a third of those in the U.S. with HIV are getting treated says the Centers for Disease Control.
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