By Executive Order 10988 ,President John F. Kennedy granted federal employees the right to bargain collectively. ...more

August 13, 2008

It pains 13-year nursing veteran Roselily Story to tell patients she's doing everything she can when she knows their health insurance won't let her. ...more

July 9, 2008

The Florida Consumer Action Network and members of Planned Parenthood, the Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now, the West Central Florida Federation of Labor and Service Employees International Union launch a local push for affordable health care. ...more

July 8, 2008

In the past several months, a confidential report has circulated within the headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores proposing sweeping changes to its employee health care plans. ...more

June 14, 2008

As 2,000 convention delegates gather in Puerto Rico, the Service Employees International Union is about to jettison a time-honored union tradition - having members go to their union representatives with their questions and grievances. ...more

June 1, 2008

Gathering strength, Sen. Barack Obama collected a key labor endorsement and coaxed away one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegates Friday, at the same time he criticized his rival for supporting legislation harmful to workers. ...more

February 16, 2008

A union that represents some nursing home employees asked a judge on Friday to block the takeover of Florida homes by a private-equity firm. ...more

December 23, 2007

Regulators should consult the public, particularly nursing home residents, about a private investment firm's proposed takeover of a major homes chain, sale opponents told Florida lawmakers Wednesday. ...more

December 13, 2007

Some Florida lawmakers and a union are questioning a private equity firm's pending purchase of the nation's largest nursing home chain, demanding answers about how it will affect the 3,000-plus residents in the chain's 29 homes in this state. ...more

November 9, 2007

Despite the candidates' pleas for endorsements, some of the most powerful labor unions are sitting on the sidelines until the presidential primaries begin to thin out the Democratic field. ...more

October 22, 2007