Universal Health Care: Theme of Chicago’s Debs Thomas Harrington Dinner

Chicago’s 50th Annual Debs - Thomas - Harrington Dinner features Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director of the California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee and AFL-CIO Executive Committee member. With Rose Ann DeMoro, the April 25th dinner will have someone well qualified to speak, and speak [...]

Illinois/Indiania SEIU merger

Bob Roman
New Ground 117
Chicago DSA
The boards of SEIU Locals 4, 20, and 880 have voted to merge, forming “one big healthcare union,” so to speak, in Illinois and Indiana. This is part of yet another round reorganizations and mergers within the Service Employees International Union. You could think of [...]

Have a Heart Resurrection

Bob Roman
New Ground 117
Chicago DSA
On Saturday evening, March 1st at the Chicago Hilton and Towers on South Michigan Avenue, Resurrection had its annual “Monarch Ball” to raise funds for charity care. It’s a worthy enterprise, except that Resurrection Health Care needs to start at home with its charity; it has [...]

SEIU 1199 Wins Biggest Union Election in Massachusetts History!

By Harris Gruman
November 7th culminated a three-year effort by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to organize one of our state’s most essential, yet neglected workforces. On that day, over 6000 ballots were counted and the desire of Massachusetts home care workers was clear: 94% voted to form a union with 1199 SEIU United Healthcare [...]