It's now a bit embarrassing to admit, but organized labor actually had high hopes for Barack Obama. But unfortunately, the man who said, "Politics didn't lead me to working folks; working folks led me to politics," hasn't done much to help working folks.
William Bradley | Posted 09.07.2011
In any real biography of Jerry Brown, the farm workers are not only a big chapter, they are shot through the entire story. Yet, he vetoed the bill.
Kelly Maher | Posted 05.25.2011
Appointed U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., will not give a straight answer on whether he supports card check, which would eliminate a secret ballot ...
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011
It's great that Sen. Johnny Isakson and his fellow conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate now back the supermajority concept that the Employee Free Choice Act achieves through "card check."
Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011
Due to the recession, supermarket workers are feeling the pain: low wages, escalating health care costs, and a reduction in pension benefits. However, unionized workers have locals watching their backs, and negotiating fair wages and benefits.
John C. Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011
However contentiously both sides act, most members in blue-collar trade unions agree on one aspect of the argument: Fear is a fixture of union formation -- an inescapable tradition of its own.
Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011
Our nation will soon be hit by another economic tsunami. Behind the union bankrolling of the 2008 elections are union pension obligations that will ba...
Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011
Here are the "top ten" things our government could do in 2010 to reverse our nascent economic recovery. Of course, it shouldn't do any of these things - but its record causes me grave concern.
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve proposed rules Tuesday to better protect Americans from sudden hikes in interest rates on credit cards. The prop...
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011
For Ted Kennedy, for Crystal Lee Sutton, for us all, America ought to have the Employee Free Choice Act.
BusinessWeek | Ben Levisohn | Posted 05.25.2011
New credit-card rules, designed to curb the industry's abusive practices, went into effect a few weeks ago. But already lenders have found ways to get...
Wall Street Journal | Melanie Trottman | Posted 05.25.2011
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka offered a hint that, just maybe, the labor movement is willing compromise on the so-called card-check provi...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Calling for some sort of decorous avoidance of politics during politicians' funerals is downright ridiculous. It'd be like eulogizing Charles Lindbergh and not mentioning airplanes.
AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — American Express and Discover customers will soon be free of fees for charging over their credit limits. The two companies said sepa...
New York Times | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 05.25.2011
A half-dozen senators friendly to labor have decided to drop a central provision of a bill that would have made it easier to organize workers. The ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
Moderate Democrats have forced a key compromise to the Employee Free Choice Act, which removes one of the labor community's most cherished provisions ...
Michael Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011
Yesterday, CNBC reporters made a ridiculous, irresponsible statement. They compared the aftermath of Iran's recent election to what would happen under the Employee Free Choice Act.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
Burnett compared the lack of a "secret ballot" in Iran to the Employee Free Choice Act, which would allow unions to form via signed cards. Yes, on CNBC, "card check" equals creeping Ahmadinejadism.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011
Senate Democratic leaders met Thursday afternoon in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office, two sources familiar with the meeting say, to discuss ...
Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011
The union promise of jobs and better wages is deeply alluring, but their mechanism to securing them, so-called "card check," is fundamentally flawed.
Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011
Those who forget the fact that America is a moderate country tend to perish.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
Adding a new dimension to the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act, a host of veterans groups is launching a new effort to help pass the union-bac...
Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011
I am very hopeful that card check is dead for this Congress. The issue is divisive, harmful, and not a good use of time by anyone.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011
A coalition of pro-labor groups looking to drum up support for the Employee Free Choice Act is preparing to pounce on lawmakers when they arrive in th...
Rupert Russell | Posted 05.25.2011
Pundits have criticized last week's announcements on the new bank bailout and Afghanistan. Yet, a crack up of the Democratic coalition or fracturing of the progressive movement it is not.
David Macaray | Posted 10.09.2011