Art Levine
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New Goldman Sachs, Buffett PR Gambit: Give $500 Million To Small Businesses
By Art Levine John D. Rockefeller gave out dimes to little kids to burnish his image, helping launch… more
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SEIU Leads Protest Against Goldman’s So-Called ‘God’s Work’
By Art Levine SEIU President Andy Stern is joining hundreds of progressives—maybe more—in a newly organized protest outside… more
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Unions, Progressives Spurring Reversal On ‘Cadillac Plan’ Tax
When it comes to healthcare reform, Washington's conventional wisom is, as always, wrong again. Just about a week… more
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Big Unions Hail Healthcare Bill Passage, as Senate Challenge Begins
Union leaders joined President Obama in hailing the historic, if narrow, passage of major health reform legislation in… more
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Will Obama Fight for Real Change? House Health Vote Slowed as GOP Joins Fringers
Yesterday's rally of rabid "Tea Baggers" denounced health care reform with venomous attacks on President Obama, complete with… more
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Geithner’s New ‘Reform’ Plan: Keep Backing Risky Investments
By Art Levine Is Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner the new champion of real financial reform, fighting to rein… more
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Healthcare’s Next Big Fight: Tax the Rich or Slam Workers?
By Art Levine The unveiling this week of new health reform bills by House and Senate leaders has… more
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After Chicago: Forcing a Real Response to Foreclosure Crisis
The protesters who gathered today outside the bankers conference in Chicago demanding a crackdown on taxpayer-salvaged financial institutions… more
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Fuel for Real Reform? Populist Anger Drives Big Bank Protests
By Art Levine One of the main messages of Monday and Tuesday's protest marches in Chicago will be… more
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Unions, House Dems vs. Rahm Emanuel, Policy Wonks on So-Called “Cadillac Plans”
By Art Levine Unions are leading the charge against the 40% excise tax on insurers that offer so-called… more
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NLRB Still Broken: After Nearly 20-Year Battle, Workers Die Before Settlement Reached
Even under President Obama, the National Labor Relations Board is still broken in responding to anti-union abuses. A… more
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In Dubious Battle: Chamber Attacks Employer Coercion Studies
Last week, the Chamber of Commerce jumped into the fray again over the Employee Free Choice Act by… more
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After Grayson’s Attack: In Search of…A GOP Health Plan
Republicans reacted wtih outrage last week after Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fl.) offered a blistering attack on the nearly-invisible… more
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A Democratic Civil War? Grassroots Groups, Blogs Fight to Keep Public Option Alive
With the Senate Finance Committee’s defeat Tuesday of the public option amendments, there’s now the looming potential threat… more
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Jobs with Justice, Nomi Prins Put Wall Street on Trial
By Art Levine While big banks and Wall Street investment firms (now usually one and the same) are… more
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Unions, Progressives To Launch Wall St. Reform Drives This Week
Unions and progressive coalitions are seeking to add grass-roots organizing power to President Obama's ,… more
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Baucus, Under Fire From Fellow Dems and Unions, Signals Minor Compromises
After failing to placate any Republicans with his "Gang of Six"-crafted bipartisan legislation that omits a public option… more
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‘Tea Party’ Protests vs. AFL-CIO Convention: Competing Visions for America
This weekend, tens of thousands angry "Tea Party" protesters (not two million, the figure right-wing bloviators have concocted)… more
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As Obama Speech Fires Up Base, Insurance CEOs Emerge As New ‘Villains’
President Obama's well-received health reform speech not only boosted public support for reform, but helped fire up much… more
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Obama Heads to Labor Day Rally as Union Pressure on Public Option Mounts
As President Obama goes to a Cincinnatti Labor Day rally today expected to draw thousands, the labor movement,… more
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Unions Look to Labor Day to Fight ‘Gloves-Off’ Economy
Labor Day this year comes at a turning point for the progressive movement, with redoubled efforts to push… more
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Listen to the Nurses: Up to 40% of Hospitals Not Ready for Swine Flu
When health facilities ignore the quality-of-care concerns of nurses, whether involving nurse-patient staffing ratios or practices,… more
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Unions, AARP, Sebelius Fighting Scare Tactics Targeting Elderly and Medicare
After all the fabricated claims about "death panels," the GOP and RNC Chairman Michael Steele are now masquerading… more
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Public Option Model: Labor Leaders, Bush Economist Cite San Fran Experiment
While the debate continues to rage over the public option and how much President Obama's administration is committed… more
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Dems, Unions, Allies Pushing Back For Reform in Ads, Town Halls, Attacks on Blue Dogs
While the “astro-turf” generated anger targeting health reform continued to grab headlines, Democrats and progressives are pushing back… more
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GOP Tacitly Accepts Mob Violence While Progressives Step Up Reform Drive
With corporate violence… more
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Are Progressives the New ‘Silent Majority’ in Healthcare Debate?
While corporate-organized GOP mobs dominate mainstream news coverage with bully-boy tactics at Congressional Town Halls, the … more
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How the Mainstream Media Fuels Right-Wing Lies On Healthcare Reform
The fate of healthcare reform could be determined by progressive and labor groups’ ability to fight right-wing lies… more
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The (Political) Guns of August: Make-or-Break for Progressives on Healthcare
The fight over healthcare this August will prove to be critical to the future of both healthcare reform… more
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Scandal-linked “The Family” Says: Jesus Wants You to Bust Unions
Controversy continues to swirl around The Family, the secretive Christian group linked to sex scandals… more
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How Labor, Grassroots Activists Say They Will Help Save Health Care Reform
With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s announcement Thursday that a vote on health care reform will be delayed… more
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Big Business Lobbies to Save Tax Breaks Spurring Plant Closings
Even as the union representing Stella D’Oro factory workers in New York City is fighting the private equity… more
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Wake-Up Call for GOP’s “Values” Hypocrites: Unions Are Pro-Family, Report Finds
While the latest escapades of such GOP “family values” as Sen. John Ensign and Gov. Mark Sanford continue… more
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In Arkansas Heat, 1,500 March for Free Choice Act and Senate Action
This weekend, Arkansas became Ground Zero in the fight over the Employee Free Choice Act, with national labor… more
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Shilling on the Corporate Dollar
Business-sponsored ‘scholars’ deliver anti-union talking points. more
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The EFCA Battle is Joined
Unions and allies are fighting the anti-Employee Free Choice Act “Meltdown Lobby” with an IRS complaint and grassroots campaigns. more
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Unionbusting Confidential
To keep out organized labor, you need the union-busting law firm Jackson Lewis more
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The Bush Administration’s New Target: Uninsured Kids
Fighting against SCHIP is Bush's first salvo in the battle for major health care reform more
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