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Failing to Kill Health Care Reform, Insurers Now Fight to Weaken ItSubmitted by ATU 1700 on July 27, 2010 - 4:57pm.
 Peinovich Named President of National Labor CollegeSubmitted by ATU 1700 on July 26, 2010 - 4:21pm.
Dr. Paula Peinovich has been appointed president of the National Labor College (NLC). She has served as interim president since January and will serve a three-year-term as head of the nation’s only fully accredited institution devoted to educating working families and labor activists. Union Members Help Keep Daimler Plant Open—and More Bargaining NewsSubmitted by ATU 1700 on July 26, 2010 - 2:12pm.
Union members negotiate a contract that keeps an Oregon Daimler Trucks plant from closing, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 1,300 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work. Trumka at Netroots Nation: New Industrial Policy for a Globalized WorldSubmitted by ATU 1700 on July 24, 2010 - 4:51pm.
Weingarten Condemns Firing of 241 D.C. TeachersSubmitted by ATU 1700 on July 23, 2010 - 9:14pm.
The announcement today that 241 District of Columbia public school teachers would be fired under the school system’s new evaluation process raises questions about D.C. School Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s “penchant for firing teachers rather than providing supports to develop their skills,” AFT President Randi Weingarten said. This brings to almost 600 the number of D.C. teachers Rhee has fired in just over a year. Weingarten said: Netroots Nation: Young Workers–Taking Charge of Our FutureSubmitted by ATU 1700 on July 23, 2010 - 8:29pm.
Ensuring Workers’ Voices Are Heard in State LegislaturesSubmitted by ATU 1700 on July 23, 2010 - 3:58pm.
Netroots Nation: Freelance Workers of the World UniteSubmitted by ATU 1700 on July 22, 2010 - 8:57pm.
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