State workers slam cuts, call for taxing the rich
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - "It is not OK to balance the budget off of our backs," state workers told lawmakers here March 31.
Labor has plan to make banks pay
One of the most innovative labor proposals is for a financial transactions tax on Wall Street.
Tens of thousands call Washington to demand no tax on workers’ benefits
As phones ring off the hook in the nation's capital with calls from workers angry about a Senate health reform bill that would tax their benefits there are signals coming from both the White House and the Congress that lawmakers are scrambling for a compromise.
Union leaders remain strongly opposed to health tax
President Obama tried yesterday to convince 11 major union leaders meeting with him at the White House to end the labor movement's opposition to the tax on workers' benefits that is part of the Senate bill.
Union leaders meet with White House on health reform
WASHINGTON (PAI)--Democratic President Barack Obama tried Jan. 11 to convince top union leaders to drop labor's opposition to taxing workers' health care benefits.
Workers hit tax on ‘Cadillac’ health plans, ‘You are taxing Chevrolets!’
Workers, union members and lawmakers rallied in the nation's capital yesterday in support of health care reform but against funding it with a new tax on health benefits.
Workers in U.S. most dangerous industry demand protection
He's had a gun put up to his head during a robbery. He's been assaulted with a crowbar, and had every window in his car broken. He's had a jagged beer bottle shoved into his neck.
