Mitt Romney was for health care reform before he was against it—like just about every issue he’s taken multiple positions on.

Today, Romney declared he would repeal the nation’s health care reform law even though it was upheld this morning by the U.S. Supreme Court.

In doing so, Romney would take away health care coverage from more than 3.1 million young adults covered under their parents’ plans and put at risk more than 105 million Americans who are now benefiting from the elimination of lifetime limits and the coverage of preventive services without cost-sharing. To read more about the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, click here. 

Some 85 union members, community activists and students age 35 and younger took part in the 2nd Annual “Organizing Our Future” conference hosted by the Greater Boston Labor Council Futures Committee at the Boston Teachers Union Hall.  The goal of the conference on Sunday was to empower, educate and connect young union members around Boston to be more knowledgeable and active in their local unions, in their communities and the Greater Boston Labor Council Futures Committee.

AFL-CIO communications staffer Nora Frederickson sends us this report.

As the congressional Super Committee’s deadline for a federal deficit reduction plan nears, more than 2,600 teachers, ironworkers, construction workers, nurses and others took to the streets in Massachusetts in recent days with a single message: no cuts.

AFL-CIO communications staffer Nora Frederickson sends us this report.

With the deadline looming for members of a congressional “supercommittee” to decide how to cut the federal deficit by $1.2 trillion, local labor, religious and progressive activists took to the soapbox this week to petition Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the only member of the supercommittee from New England, to oppose any cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

The battle against public service workers such as teachers, firefighters, police officers and others has erupted on an unexpected front—in Massachusetts, a state known for decades for its progressive labor laws.

Rosa Blumenfeld, organizer at the Greater Boston Labor Council, sent this report on April 4 actions there.

More than 500 union leaders, activists and community allies joined together outside the Massachusetts Republican Party headquarters in downtown Boston, in a driving rainstorm, today to speak out against the attacks on collective bargaining taking place in statehouses across America. We spotlighted efforts to repeal collective bargaining rights in the neighboring states of New Hampshire and Maine.