NATIONAL SEIU NEWS:
December 19 - December 22, 2008
Hope Amid the Gloom
New York Times (op-ed), Dec. 20, 2008
Obama completes cabinet
Phila. Inquirer / Washington Post, Dec. 22, 2008
Health care reform up in air as economy sinks
USA TODAY, Dec. 20, 2008
Labor Dept. choice praised in many quarters
SF Chronicle, December 20, 2008
Obama: Labor pick will blaze new trails
CNN, Dec. 19, 2008
(Click link below to see the rest of the national, state and local SEIU campaign news..)
Obama to Announce Final Cabinet Picks
Washington Post, December 19, 2008
AP source: Rep. Hilda Solis is Obama's labor pick
Associated Press, Dec. 19, 2008
Union leaders welcome nomination of Solis for labor secretary
Workday Minnesota, 21 December 2008
Crowded race for Solis' seat looms
The Hill, Dec. 21, 2008
Sunrise Hopes Dawn Is Near
Washington Post, December 22, 2008
Corporate front group spending millions on advertising opposing Employee Free Choice Act
DC Examiner, December 19
Defining The Problem [Employee Free Choice]
D-Day (blog), Dec. 20, 2008,
*Resident Work Hours: Standing Up for Patient Safety is Not "Whining"
Huffington Post, Dec. 19, 2008
By John Ingle, MD, Regional VP for New Mexico Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU Healthcare
Union activists' message doesn't register with fast-food workers
Chicago Sun -Times, Dec 19, 2008
Union hands out leaflets at McDonald's restaurants
Crain's Chicago Business, Dec. 19, 2008
SEIU Pickets McDonald's Over Their Opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act; Company Could Be Target of a Unionization Drive
Open Media Boston, Dec. 19, 2008
Solis provides little solace for workers
LA Times, December 22, 2008
Quantum of Solis: Big labor wants Obama to dilute union disclosure rules
Wall Street Journal, 12.21.2008
Blagojevich Case Used by Republican-Allied Foes of Labor Bill
Bloomberg, 12.22.2008
STATE-SPECIFIC and LOCAL SEIU CAMPAIGN NEWS:
Business Briefs: Union OKs contract
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Dec. 22, 2008
Governor gives state workers a new right
The Arizona Republic, Dec 19, 2008
Napolitano signs order for state talks with unions
Forbes, Dec. 19, 2008
Janitors' dream coming true: a clinic of their own
Houston Chronicle, Dec. 18, 2008
Bradbury pleased with success as a state official
Statesman Journal, Dec. 22, 2008
Despite crime woes, 80 percent approve of Booker
The Star-Ledger, December 21, 2008
Colors guide uniform codes
Watertown Daily Times, Dec. 21, 2008
Beeghly Oaks workers plan vigil tonight over contract
Youngstown Vindicator, December 21, 2008
Doctors say a strike by nurses would risk future of Children's
Buffalo News, 12/20/08
Schwarzenegger orders mass layoffs, unpaid furloughs
LA Times, December 20, 2008
Schwarzenegger Orders Hiring Freeze, Cuts
AP, Dec. 20, 2008
State Workers to Fight Furlough Order
ABC-10 Sacramento
2 Tempe unions may forgo pay raises
KTAR Tempe, December 20th, 2008
Tulare City Council OKs pay increase for some city workers
Visalia Times Delta, December 20, 2008
New Pa. law will end mandatory overtime for nurses
Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 19, 2008
Curren D. Price Lands SEIU Endorsement
Inglewood Today, Dec. 19, 2008
With wages stagnant, Jackson nurses choose better patient ratios
South Florida Business Journal, Dec 19, 2008
Pact averts strikes at 3 nursing homes
The Jersey Journal, Dec 19, 2008
