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Women to Be Majority in Labor Union Movement, So Here's the Job Ahead

Amy B. Dean | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books


Amy B. Dean

A study released last week put the spotlight on a workplace demographic shift that is occurring: women are expected to become a majority of labor union workers within the next decade.

The University of Illinois Strike, Wrapped Up

Rich Potter | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago


Rich Potter

The Graduate Employees' Organization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has successfully ended a two-day strike against the university administration.

Gone with the Wind: Blowing U.S. Tax Dollars Off Shore

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green


Leo W. Gerard

Washington has doled out hundreds of millions in stimulus funds to foreign renewable energy firms, which compete with and run all over fledgling U.S. firms that were supposed to get the money.

The Change We Deserve

Edwin D. Hill | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Edwin D. Hill

It didn't take long for the anti-worker far right to try to spin the results of the 2009 elections as a mandate for their pro-corporate agenda.

Pelosi Shifts Focus To Unemployment After Push For Health Care Bill

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


House Democratic leaders, worried they've appeared unresponsive to rising unemployment because they were absorbed by healthcare, are aiming for a legi...

Financial Industry Gives 250% More to Sway Key Legislators, Public Citizen Reveals at Goldman Sachs Protest

Art Levine | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


Art Levine

Fury is mounting over Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein's comment that's he's just a banker "doing God's work" and the ongoing risk that "too big to fail" firms like Goldman Sachs pose to the economy.

AARP, AFL-CIO Boost House Health Plan That Taxes Rich, Not Middle Class

Art Levine | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Art Levine

The centrist lobbying powerhouse for the elderly, the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP), is scheduled to endorse the House health care bill despite its possibly flawed public option.

Geithner's New Plan: Keep Backing Risky Investments, Paying Banks NOT to Lend

Art Levine | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business


Art Levine

Is Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner the new champion of real financial reform, fighting to rein in Wall Street and the big banks?

AFL-CIO's Trumka Reminds Dems: No "Reform for Reform's Sake" on Health Care

Art Levine | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Art Levine

On November 5, the AFL-CIO will promote a labor-wide "Day of Action," to lobby Congress through organizing and leafleting in the workplace.

Showdown In Chicago: Sheila Bair Speaks To Protesters, Backs Consumer Protection Agency (VIDEO)

Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


ORIGINAL POST (Scroll down for a slideshow of today's protests): Before she appeared at the American Bankers Association annual convention today, Fe...

"Showdown In Chicago": Protesters Crash Bankers Convention, (VIDEO, IMAGES)

Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


UPDATED 10/26 6:06 Alex Parker attended the event on behalf of the Huffington Post and collected this video. Parker took shots various shots of ...

Showdown in Chicago

Richard Trumka | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business


Richard Trumka

We're gathering outside the American Bankers Association meeting to demand reform that will allow us to rebuild our communities, our lives and the real economy. We've got a lot to rebuild.

Maybe Conservatism is Dead?

Stewart Acuff | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Stewart Acuff

The leaders of the Republican Party and the ideologues of conservatism have no answers for any of the problems that our country and our people are trying to deal with.

Money Spent On Perks, Fringe Benefits Rose At Bailed Out Banks Last Year

Washington Post | Tomoeh Murakami Tse | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business


Even as the nation's biggest financial firms were struggling and the federal government was spending hundreds of billions of dollars to save many of t...

NLRB Still Broken: After Nearly 20 Year Battle, Workers Die Before $12 Million Settlement Reached

Art Levine | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Art Levine

Even under President Obama, the gridlocked National Labor Relations Board is still broken in responding to anti-union abuses.

The Chamber of Commerce's Jobs Deception Campaign

Richard Trumka | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business


Richard Trumka

Unions are popularly known as "the folks who brought you the weekend." In contrast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has the distinction of trying to take away a long and ugly list of benefits.

Senate Health Bill Opposed By Unions, Full-Page Paper Ad Planned

AP | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — About 30 unions will run a full-page ad in newspapers Wednesday announcing their opposition to the Senate Finance Committee's healt...

Cadillac Tax: Congress Is Split On Reform Effort To Tax Costly Health Care Plans

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics


A proposed tax on high-cost, or "Cadillac," health insurance plans has touched off a fierce clash between the Senate and the House as they wrestle ove...

Unions Need to Sever All Ties with Anti-Climate Bill Groups

Brendan Smith | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green


Brendan Smith

Nike and utility giant, Pacific Gas & Electric, have publicly resigned from the US Chamber of Commerce over its opposition to climate protection policies. It's time for labor unions to follow suit.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Generation

Laura Chapin | Posted 09.28.2009 | Denver


Laura Chapin

Why the 'lost decade' of young workers may fare worse than their parents.

Union Leader Says Lobbying Efforts Are Raising Insurance Premiums

HuffingtonPost | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


The president of the AFL-CIO is asking state insurance regulators to investigate if health insurance industry lobbying is raising the price of insuran...

An AFL-CIO as Diverse as Workers

Fred Redmond | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business


Fred Redmond

Unions cannot expect women, minority, gay, physically challenged and young members to step up and participate in union activities if union leadership opportunities are closed to them.

Can AFL-CIO's Trumka Jump-Start Progressives, Health Reform and Beat 'Tea Baggers'?

Art Levine | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business


Art Levine

The selection Wednesday of Richard Trumka as president of the AFL-CIO could add a harder progressive edge to the tough drives for health care and economic reform facing progressives and the administration.

Obama Plans to Reform Economy, Not Just Health Insurance

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

The teabaggers are apoplectic because this isn't just about health care. This is about the values of a government.

From Toronto to Pittsburgh to Jay Leno, Capitalism Marches On...

Michael Moore | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Moore

My crew and I had one thought in mind while we were filming Capitalism: What if the powers-that-be refuse to give us funding for the next movie after they see what we've put in this one?