• By: Steve Tisza
• July 20, 2011

On July 31, 2011 we celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. On August 19, 2011 we will celebrate the 76th anniversary of Social Security. The Ryan Rep...

• By: Steve Tisza
• July 19, 2011

CWA President Larry Cohen was elected to a third term in office by delegates to the 73rd CWA Convention last week, and Annie Hill, formerly the union's executive vice president, wa...

• By: Steve Tisza
• July 19, 2011

Resolved: CWA opposes the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement and will work to educate leaders in the U.S. about how this Free Trade Agreement moves our global economy in the wrong ...

• By: Steve Tisza
• July 6, 2011

Our leaders should be promoting job growth here at home and protecting workers? rights, not approving trade deals that will destroy U.S. jobs and decimate what?s left of American m...

• By: Steve Tisza
• June 27, 2011

The Illinois General Assembly concluded its one day session on Wednesday last week. Both chambers are scheduled to return to Springfield for the fall veto session on Tuesday...

• By: Steve Tisza
• June 25, 2011

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• By: Steve Tisza
• June 25, 2011

The battle has resumed in Wisconsin. The state supreme court has allowed Governor Scott Walker to strip bargaining rights from state workers. Meanwhile, legislators in New H...

• By: Steve Tisza
• June 25, 2011

Believe or not, Washington politicians are pushing an EXTREME plan to end Medicare as we know it. They want to replace Medicare with a voucher system that would put seniors at the ...

• By: Steve Tisza
• June 17, 2011

In Chicago, it's the sale of parking meters to the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi. In Indiana, it's the sale of the northern toll road to a Spanish and Australian joint venture...

• By: Steve Tisza
• June 17, 2011

A total of fifteen union leaders from the Chicago area signed onto letters opposing the Korea FTA which was faxed to congressional members Rush, Quigley, Davis and Gutierrez's stat...