The only thing worse than a chicken with its head cut off is one with its head in the sand. That was my initial reaction after reading Administrator Alfred Almanza's piece defending Big Poultry's push to dramatically increase line speed in our nation's plants.
Much of the...
110 Comments | Posted March 28, 2012 | 2:57 PM
"Class warfare may make for really good politics, but it makes for rotten economics."
That's what House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) told Fox News Sunday last September.
I would argue it makes for both rotten politics and rotten economics. And there is no greater...
0 Comments | Posted January 25, 2012 | 9:35 AM
In responding to President Obama's State of the Union address, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels advocated the failed Republican policies of the past: tax breaks for the rich, deregulation, and cuts to the social safety net. But even more extreme than the plan he laid out last night is what he...
0 Comments | Posted November 23, 2011 | 8:17 AM
When one retail worker speaks out and takes public action against unfair scheduling practices, it's a media story. When his coworkers stand with him and speak with one voice, they've got a union, and that's the best way to make real change.
Anthony Hardwick, a retail worker at a North...
0 Comments | Posted September 5, 2010 | 8:12 PM
If the past is prologue, what can we say about the future of American jobs this Labor Day? Rosy is not a term that comes to mind.
Over the last 30 years we have seen workers' wages remain essentially flat while worker productivity skyrocketed by 75 percent. The Economic...
0 Comments | Posted December 17, 2009 | 2:15 PM
Rep. Gutierrez's (D-Ill.) immigration bill, introduced this week, charts a new course for our country -- a course that protects workers and respects families. It also reflects our nation's interests and our better instincts.
The legislation upholds our values as a nation of immigrants and embraces the vitality and...
1 Comments | Posted April 16, 2012 | 4:14 PM