John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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Labor
Joy and inspiration mark Chicago People’s World banquet
December 12, 2009Enjoying great music, food and politics, a full house celebrated the 22nd Annual People's World Banquet Dec. 6 at the Parthenon Restaurant.
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U.S.
Federal aid urgently needed to avoid state budget catastrophes
November 24, 2009CHICAGO— Looming behind the 17 million jobless tsunami hitting the country is another disaster: over $180 billion in accumulated budget deficits set to devastate state governments, according to a new study by the Pew Center for...
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Labor
S K Handtools workers end strike, save health care and jobs
November 12, 2009CHICAGO - After a 10-week strike to save their jobs, health care and union, seventy Teamster Local 743 members at S K Handtools voted 3 to 1 to accept the company offer and began returning to...
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Labor
Congress Hotel strikers set record
October 28, 2009CHICAGO – “This is an embarrassing day for the city of Chicago,” declared Guadalupe Perez a striking Congress Hotel worker at an Oct. 26 action honoring the strike.
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World
‘Baby steps’ herald beginning of end to Cuba blockade
October 13, 2009Despite a few missteps, momentum continues to build to end the 48 year-old US blockade of Cuba.
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U.S.
Seven arrested at CIGNA demanding ‘profits out of health care’
October 8, 2009Seven health care activists were arrested when the refused to leave the lobby of CIGNA insurance company after they were denied a meeting with corporate executives.
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U.S.
Rockford rallies for justice
October 5, 2009Protests continue over the police killing of an unarmed Black man in an Illinois church.
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Labor
Resurrection Health Care workers vow: ‘We’ll win our union’
September 29, 2009Solidarity is the word on the picketline as over 8,000 Chicago hospital workers fight to organize a union.
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