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Symbolic Politics and U.S. Border Enforcement

Angela Kelley | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Border Fence, BORDER ISSUES, Economy, Immigration Debate, War on Terrorism, Politics News
Angela Kelley

When Chertoff testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, he failed to consider that undocumented immigration naturally decreases when the U.S. economy is in recession.

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Six Little Words for Better Wages

David Sirota | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economy, Labor, Geoghegan, Politics News
David Sirota

No matter how we reform the National Labor Relations Board and union elections -- admirable goals, no doubt -- we have to give workers the legal tools to defend themselves.

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The Meaning of Increasing the Minimum Wage

Bruce Raynor | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Minimum Wage, Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Work, Economy, Wages, Econonomic, Jobs, Organized Labor, Labor Unions, Recession, Politics News
Bruce Raynor

The bubbles have burst. Our economy is sinking. Americans are looking for a new approach. The increase in the minimum wage points the way forward.

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Together We Marched in Solidarity

Dolores Huerta | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, Health Care Workers, Strike, Labor, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News
Dolores Huerta

For decades, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange have fought for justice for California's workers. But now, these same sisters are refusing to show their own workers the same justice they once fought for.

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The Post-Social Contract Generation

Dr. Judith Rodin | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Youth, Economics, Work, Judith Rodin, Economic Security, Generation Y, Millennials, Time, Social Contract, Rockefeller Foundation, Politics News
Dr. Judith Rodin

Almost half of America's youngest workers believe the nation's best days may have come and gone. This is Generation Y, the nation's largest age group, and increasingly its most pessimistic.

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Wal-Mart's Wages Increase in China, Rollback in US

David Nassar | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Walton, Wages, Economy, Schip, Medicaid, China, Wal-Mart, Labor, Minimum Wage, Walmart Equality, Etic, Business News
David Nassar

Instead of perpetuating a cycle of poverty among its workers, it's time Wal-Mart consider a meaningful wage increase for its U.S. employees who are struggling to make ends.

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The Campain for Assisted Living and the Bigger Picture

Dave Johnson | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lazard, Labor, Bruce Wasserstein, Unions, Atria, Politics News
Dave Johnson

I have been writing about the Campaign to Improve Assisted Living -- please visit their website. I'd like to talk about the larger picture. The ot...

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AFL-CIO Falsely Attacks McCain

FactCheck.org | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Factcheck, Mccain, Veterans, Politics News
FactCheck.org

The AFL-CIO is attacking McCain with a TV spot saying he voted "against increasing health care benefits for veterans." Actually, he voted for increases in those benefits.

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Marxism in Hollywood

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood Strike, Aftra, Screen Actors Guild, Sag, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, SAG Strike, Labor, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Marx posited that history repeats itself: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. This year seems proof of that with the SAG commercials contract expiring this fall.

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Democrats Plus Unions Equals Better Wages

Robyn Blumner | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor Unions, Democrats, U.S. Economy, Minimum Wage, Labor, Wages, Economy, Middle Class, HIllary Clinton Concession Speech, Democratic Party, Politics News
Robyn Blumner

Our nation is increasingly becoming one of haves and have-nots, mired in income inequality more severe than at any time since the days of robber barons.

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BREAKING: Corporations Admit Trade Is About Lower Wages (Duh)

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Class Warfare, China, Wages, Labor, Free Trade, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

I meant the "breaking" as a snark, in case it wasn't obvious. For everyone but the pro- so-called "free trade" crowd (economists, elites and too many ...

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Hillary Supporters: Which Side Are You On?

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Strike, Pete Seeger, Iraq, Campaign, Democratic Party, Iran, Song, 2008, Protest, 2008 Campaign, Which Side Are You On, Mine, Abortion, John McCain, Roe v Wade, Abortion Rights, War, Labor, Democrat, 2008 Elections, JH Blair, 08, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, Florence Reece, Harlan County, 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Roe Versus Wade, Party Unity, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Every time I visit an unabashedly pro-Hillary website and read the comments posted thereon, I keep thinking: Which side are you on?

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Renovation Uses More Labor, Less Materials Than Construction

TreeHugger.com | Lloyd Alter | Posted 06.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Labor, Construction, Renovation, Green News

Here is another reason that renovating old buildings is greener than building new: It uses a lot fewer resources and employs a lot more neighbours. Do...

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Workers Save Gas With 4-Day Week

Reuters | Andrea Hopkins | Posted 06.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Labor, Economy, Green News

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - When Ohio's Kent State University offered custodial staff the option of working four days a week instead of five to cut commuti...

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SEIU Convention -- These Are PROGRESSIVE People

Dave Johnson | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Seiu, Puerto Rico Seiu, Politics News
Dave Johnson

This is a great thing happening here at the SEIU convention in Puerto Rico. These people are going to really make changes happen -- with health care the first priority.

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Not Just Us

Mike Fishman and George Gresham | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Puerto Rico, Labor, Seiu, Health Insurance, Justice, Labor Unions, Health Care, Politics News
Mike Fishman and George Gresham

Over the next three days, nearly 2,000 delegates from Unions across North America will meet to elect leaders, debate on current issues and set the agenda for our union for the next four years.

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Blogs Brought Attention To The Security Guard Strike

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Inter-Con, Strike, Labor, Media, Kaiser Permanente, Seiu, Media News
Dave Johnson

Over the last few weeks I have been writing about the plight of security guards working for a company called Inter-Con, a contractor at Kaiser Permane...

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Ask a Working Woman

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Foreclosures, Retirement Security, Labor, Maternity Leave, Child Care, Working America, Economy, Working Women, Wage Gap, Afl-Cio, Unions, Health Care, Mothers, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Living News
Arlene Holt Baker

A majority of women say they're worried about such fundamental economic issues as paying for health care, not having retirement security, and pay not keeping up with the cost of living.

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Why Don't We Hear About Labor Issues Anymore?

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Labor, Media, Corporations, Seiu, Media News
Dave Johnson

Do you think for a minute that a large corporation would allow any kind of pro-labor stories to be carried on news media that it owns?

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Kaiser Security Guard Strike

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor, Inter-Con, Strike, Kaiser Permanente, Unions, Seiu, Business News
Dave Johnson

This week I wrote about the Kaiser Permanente / Inter-Con Security Security Guard strike. The post Security Guards Striking for the Right to Have Our...

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Unions: Sticking Together to Fight Corporate Power

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Strike, Unions, Kaiser Permanente, Labor, Seiu, Business News
Dave Johnson

Companies classifying workers as "temporary" or "contractors" is one of the bigger scams that is going on these days.

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Why They (And You) Need A Union

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Nlrb, Labor, Kaiser Permanente, Unions, Corporations, Seiu, Business News
Dave Johnson

In Oregon, Kaiser Permanente security guards are employed by Kaiser, not by a contractor. They are unionized and here is a short chart of just some of the difference this makes.

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Security Guards Striking for the Right to Have Our Laws Enforced

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor, Nlrb, Kaiser Permanente, Unions, Seiu, Business News
Dave Johnson

There is a strike starting today at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in California. Security guards are paid little and get few benefits -- not even sick leave.

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Friday Talking Points [30] -- "Mainstream Media Out To Lunch" Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Debt, Ted Stevens, Strike, Begich, Flowers, West Coast, Gas Tax Holiday, Campaign, China, Deficit, Mark Begich, 2008, Midotw, Craig Ferguson, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Pork, Health Care, Union, Worst President Ever, Daniel Inouye, Delegates, Gas, Alaska, Micah Fitch, Army Field Manual, Labor, Democrat, Congress, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Stimulus, Democrats, Election, Barack Obama, Nomination, 08 Election, Elections, May Day, Mddotw, Health, Price Per Gallon, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Helen Thomas, Senate, Hawaii, Barbara Boxer, Tubes, Mission Accomplished, Cia, Iraq, Democratic, Dianne Feinstein, Delegate, Bush, Republican, Pledged Delegates, Environmental, Senator, Port, Protest, Price of Gas, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Ports, Protesting, Protester, Bank of China, John McCain, Gasoline, Primary, Pork Barrel, Gas Tax, Interrogation, War, Stephen Colbert, 2008 Elections, Polar Bear, Rebate, 2008 Election, Longshoremen, 08 Campaign, 2008 Presidential Race, Flowers for Helen Thomas, Health Insurance, Environment, Waterboarding, Fundraising, Stimulus Checks, Environmentalist, Torture, Guam, Politics News
Chris Weigant

If every port on the West Coast of the United States of America was shut down because of a terrorist threat, do you think it would make the news? So d...

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Two Years After the Big Immigrants Rights Marches, Where Do Things Stand?

Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus and Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Justice, Labor, Immigrant Rights, Migration, Globalization, Free Trade, Immigration, Immigration Movement, BORDER ISSUES, Nafta, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus and Hector E. Sanchez

U.S. communities that have absorbed new immigrant populations in recent decades have seen incomes and opportunities rise more quickly than communities with no such immigrant influx.

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