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Earlier this year SEIU worked in coalition with hundreds of other organizations to pass HB 545 reforming the payday lending industry in Ohio. Among other provisions, HB 545 reduced the payday loan interest rates from 391% to 28% APR. Currently, the national...
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Monday, August 11, 2008 Endorsements complemented by Member Political Organizer Program Columbus – With a desire to change the face of the Republican-controlled state legislature and White House, members of the Service Employees International Union District...
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Major Harris, a leader in every sense of the word, passed away Feb. 19. A young wall washer in 1964, brother Harris was a part of the original organizing drive at Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland. When workers at Lutheran Hospital won the Union, he was...
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By CHRISTOPHER MAAG, The New York Times - - CLEVELAND — Cleveland is suing 21 of the nation’s largest banks and financial institutions, accusing them of knowingly plunging the city into a financial crisis by flooding the local housing market with subprime...
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Republicans say they want to prevent voter fraud. Democrats say rights will be damaged. Neither has concrete evidence. By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer - - WASHINGTON -- Just as the 2008 election is shifting into high gear, the Supreme...
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NEW YORK, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It might be all the eggnog we have been drinking this week, or just the unbelievable irony of it all, but SEIU's folks at BehindtheBuyouts.org couldn't resist some idle speculation about what may have been going through...
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Please find attached to latest SEIU Legislative Update. Stories in this issue include: Ohio Healthy Families Submit 268,000 Signatures for Paid Sick Days President Bush Vetoes SCHIP Bill Again Ohio Payday Lending Bills Receive First Hearing California...
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By Al Yoon and Jonathan Keehner, Rueters NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Key funding for Carlyle Group's $6.3 billion leveraged buyout of U.S. nursing home giant Manor Care Inc. has been pushed to the first quarter of 2008, delayed from initial investor...
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Andrew Stern, head of SEIU, says foreign as well as U.S. workers should share in employers' success. - By Molly Selvin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Andrew Stern, maybe the most powerful union boss in the country, doesn't always act the part. As president...
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By Alison Fitzgerald and Ryan J. Donmoyer - - Bloomberg Business News - - The Internal Revenue Service has begun an inquiry into suspected tax abuses at hedge funds and private- equity firms after determining many firm partners don't file returns and...
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SEIU COUNSEL, HOME CARE WORKERS, DISABILITY COMMUNITY ADVOCATES URGE CONGRESS TO SUPPORT FAIR HOME HEALTH CARE ACT Supporters Say Basic Protections for Home Care Workers Will Ensure Care for America’s Elderly and Disabled WASHINGTON, DC — Today (Oct....
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URGE OHIO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO OVERRIDE PRESIDENT BUSH’S SCHIP VETO Raise Your Voice Against the President’s Veto Late in September, Congress renewed SCHIP for $35 billion over five years. The program currently provides health coverage to nearly 145...
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Please find attached to latest SEIU Legislative Update. Stories in this issue include: Members Attend Largest Political Action Conference in SEIU History SEIU Members Paint U.S. Capitol Purple SEIU Supports Payday Lending Reform SEIU Want Public Officials...