Out-of-control health care costs are forcing working families to forgo needed medical care and shredding family bank accounts, while private health insurance companies deny claims and, far too often, refuse to provide coverage. The results of the 2009 Health Care for America Survey—sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America—show that more than half of the 23,460 people who took the survey cannot get the health care they need at a price they can afford and one-third say they forgo basic medical care because of its high price. Read More>>

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A Texas House Committee will take testimony on a so-called "voter ID" bill that seeks to solve a nonexistent problem while whiffing on real problems of voter fraud.  As Texas AFL-CIO Legislative/Political Director René Lara stated in his testimony before the Texas Senate, the proposal would actually help promote a national photo ID system, rather than prevent actual voter fraud.

  The most recent assessment of charter school performance in Texas shows, yet again, performance that is inferior to public schools, the Texas AFT reports.

Ed Sills, director of communications for the Texas AFL-CIO, recently went back to school—high school. He spent a day observing a veteran union organizer get students involved in a hands-on educational experience on the crucial role of unions in their working lives.  “We’ll just let these two ladies clean the bathroom because that’s a woman’s job,” declared Lee Medley, president of the Galveston County AFL-CIO, with a sly glance toward the men.  Read more...