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Who Is At The Table? (commonwealinstitute.org)
The current state of the economy demonstrates how the conservative “you’re on your own” approach has failed us. Our economy is terribly out of balance because the negotiating table has been out... More
Submitted 8 months ago by DaveJ | 0 Comments |
Trumka Thinks Big (www.thenation.com)
Richard Trumka--once a coal miner-lawyer from tiny Nemacolin, Pennsylvania, but for the past fourteen years secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO--will officially announce his candidacy for presidency of... More
Submitted 8 months ago by blogladder | 0 Comments |
Freedom of association
(www.racewire.org)
The fight over the Employee Free Choice Act is getting uglier by the day. While the business interests campaign hard to kill the legislation, the labor movement is trying to beef up its offense by... More
Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
A Fair Shake for Labor Can Help Our Economy Rebuild
(amforum.blogspot.com)
Imagine an election in which one candidate could threaten your job if you voted for the other side. That candidate could campaign as much, and whenever, they wish, while the opponent was limited to... More
Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
A Condensed History of Labor Since the 1960s (www.prospect.org)
Since the 1960s, when public sector workers across the country risked jail to win the right to organize, American labor hasn't had many struggles it could boast of -- those David-and-Goliath battles... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Migrants Can Help Solve Economic Crisis
(us.oneworld.net)
Migrants play an important role in economic growth and recovery and destination countries should not close their doors to them due to the ongoing financial crisis, says an international migration... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Race and labor intersect in the economic crisis
(www.racewire.org)
When the negotiations over the auto bailout sputtered to a halt last week, deep fault lines in country’s workforce were laid bare. The most obvious rift was between white and blue collars:... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Chicago Workers to Rest of Country: 'Don’t Let It Die'
(news.newamericamedia.org)
Editor’s Note: The sit-in by 240 union workers who were abruptly terminated from their jobs at a Chicago window-manufacturing plant last week raises the question of the rights of workers in the... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by lauragoode | 0 Comments |
Obama Still Supports EFCA
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
OBAMA STILL SUPPORTS EFCA.... Rahm Emanuel recently spoke at a Wall Street Journal CEO Council conference, and explained that Barack Obama would pursue an ambitious agenda, and planned to "throw long... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Obama's Best Advice Will Come From Reich, Bonior
(www.thenation.com)
Barack Obama appeared at his first press conference as the president-elect of the United States on a day of sobering economic news. Just hours earlier, the Department of Labor had reported that... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by TEVSlyke1 | 0 Comments |
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