Kathleen Peine: The unemployment report came out recently, and Punxatawny Phil saw a service sector job — that means six more years of growth. Or something like that. It’s all very complicated.
The Right to Shirk
February 5, 2012 By
John T. Cumbler: Indiana ’s proposed “Right to Work” Act is not just anti-union, it is anti-democratic. Under the law if a majority of workers in a plant vote for a union, those who opposed the union would not have to contribute dues to the union.
Mitch Daniels Is a Scab
February 5, 2012 By
Devin Griggs: His presidential hopes dashed by a “kinder, gentler” approach to hot-button social issues, Daniels has now joined the ranks of scab governors Scott Walker, Chris Christie, and Jan Brewer.
Rick Santorum: “The Most Dangerous Man in the Room”
January 8, 2012 By
The not so decisive victory of Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s Iowa caucus has a lot of people talking about the guy he almost lost to, a certain former Senator from Pennsylvania named Rick Santorum. Whether or not Santorum has the ability to capitalize on his strong showing in Iowa going forward in the Republican presidential [...]
Santorum Loves Unions — in Iran
January 6, 2012 By
“I believe in the American worker,” says Rick Santorum, the new anti-Romney in the food fight for the GOP presidential nomination. A hero of social conservatives, Santorum claims he’s a blue collar sort of guy, too. The ex-senator and congressman from Pennsylvania promises he can make factories boom again. Santorum says he has a plan [...]
A Warm Holiday Meal Brought by Your Gas Workers
December 23, 2011 By
Art Frias: As a public-private partnership Sempra has an obligation to treat its customers and workers fairly. Instead they make billions, pay themselves millions while cutting services to customers.
‘Right to Work Is a Cancerous Ideology’
December 22, 2011 By
Berry Craig: Simply put, right to work laws are designed to weaken large unions, destroy small unions, and keep unorganized workers from unionizing.
Nasty Bosses on College Campuses
December 18, 2011 By
Vijay Prashad: Values are taught not just in the classroom but in the very bones of an institution. How it treats its workers sends a message to the student body about what is acceptable in our society.
The Jobs Report: Don’t Break Out the Champagne
December 2, 2011 By
Robert Reich: When people ask me what Congress is likely to do I always say the same thing: The odds are in favor of nothing.
Professionals Moving to Organized Labor
November 18, 2011 By
Sharon Kyle: Labor union membership has declined significantly in the United States over the last 50 years, but this segment of the labor market is booming.
Why Occupying Detroit Is Harder Than It Seems
November 7, 2011 By
Rachel Burstein: For many, participating in Occupy Detroit may appear to mean cutting off the hand that feeds them—and failing to address the structural issues underlying Detroit’s poor economic state.
The Occupy Movement Needs a Good Fight
November 6, 2011 By
Shamus Cooke: If the national Occupy Movement fought for a massive public jobs program and against cuts to social programs by massively taxing the wealthy and corporations, the vast majority of working people would join the movement until it was capable of actually winning these demands.
Qantas CEO’s War on Unions Blows Up
October 30, 2011 By
James Rhodes: Every indication is that CEO Allan Joyce caught this entire region off guard when he decided to up the stakes concerning his personal battle with the three unions that service Qantas:
From Occupation to Door-to-Door
October 23, 2011 By
Craig Williams: Now is a great time for the AFL-CIO and a coalition of groups involved in the Occupation of Wall Street movement to begin a national door-to-door campaign. It might not only be helpful to the effort but necessary given the commercial media’s negative coverage of the movement.
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Labor Must Choose Between Occupy and the Democrats
Shamus Cooke: The labor movement has a foot in both worlds; one in step with the Occupy Movement and the other with the Democrats, who are working to crush Occupy outright.