health care

Trumka: Time for a new economy

January 11, 2010 By Richard Trumka

The full text of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's speech on labor's agenda for a new economy at the National Press Club.

Unions battle proposed health benefit tax

January 9, 2010 By John Wojcik

A major union leader, commenting on CBO claims that employers will pass along, in the form of raises, cost savings that result from a tax on workers' health benefits said today that, "They may also believe...

Health care tax could cost Democrats seats

January 8, 2010 By John Wojcik

At a press conference yesterday a liberal House Democrat leading the congressional push against the Senate plan to tax workers' health benefits said the plan would cost Democratic seats.

Seniors rally for strong health care reform

January 8, 2010 By Tom Connolly

Hundreds of seniors from all over the state gathered at the Chowder Pot restaurant in Hartford to learn about the meaning of health care reform.

Did you know Hillary was a pinko?

January 6, 2010 By John Wojcik

The mainstream media, via The Washington Post, has apparently seen fit to join the rabid right's revival of the old anti-Communist crusade.