As we approach Good Friday, it is crucial to properly remember the union leaders martyred in Colombia at rates which continue to be breathtaking.
John Sweeney | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics
When the AFL-CIO started doing research to uncover McCain's record on working family issues, it uncovered layer after layer of hostile, Bush-esque actions and positions wrapped in his camouflage as a straight-talking maverick.
Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics
All three remaining candidates litter their speeches with allusions to "jobs," but never provide any insight to the sacrifices that Americans will have to make in order to create and retain these new jobs.
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics
Earlier this week, I suggested that, the uncommitted super-delegates should actually seek a clarification on where candidates stood on issues. Well, Brown and Kaptur are doing just that.
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics
I'd like to suggest that superdelegates actually extract something from a candidate. How about locking down a real, concrete commitment on trade?
Debra L. Ness | Posted 03.04.2008 | Living
So often those with benefit packages are amazed to learn that millions of workers are without paid sick days. I hear gasps when I talk about it to certain audiences.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 03.02.2008 | Politics
While the mainstreaming of "Si Se Puede" provides us with another signal of how the larger body politic is successfully adjusting to the death of the black-white electorate, this mainstreaming comes at a high cost.
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
It would be helpful if both Obama and Clinton partisans stop pointing fingers so that we can have a clear-headed debate about trade.
Candy Spelling | Posted 02.24.2008 | Living
Now we have states and offspring with growing businesses actively recruiting seasoned boomers to enhance, improve and run businesses.
Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 02.22.2008 | Business
Many of the conservative judges on the high court may not always be on the side of workers.
James P. Hoffa | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics
Together, the Teamsters Union and Barack Obama will reinvent the political process and fight to give a voice to working families who have been ignored by George Bush for the past eight years.
Stewart Acuff | Posted 02.20.2008 | Home
Last Saturday evening, Feb. 16, America lost one of our greatest warriors for social justice, and I lost one of my best friends. The Rev. James Orange...
Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics
Chao's 'leadership' at the Department of Labor should not be emulated by anyone. She has undermined the agency and failed to serve in the best interests of workers she is charged with protecting.
Rebecca Smith | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics
Most Americans would be shocked to know the unfortunate role that race has played throughout the history of our immigration and labor laws.
Dan Kovalik | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics
The U.S. Congress must continue to resist rewarding the Uribe government with a Free Trade Agreement. The lives of unionists in Colombia literally depend on it.
Carla Moquin | Posted 02.19.2008 | Living
Babies in the workplace (which was actually the "norm" in human history prior to the Industrial Revolution) rekindles awareness of our humanity in the workplace.
Ron Blackwell and Tom Palley | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics
The central plank of the Edwards' campaign was restoring the middle class. This must be the economic policy goal of any candidate wanting the Edwards vote.
Jacob Soboroff | Posted 02.09.2008 | Home
The labor and civil rights leader calls for a National Holiday on Election Day, questions the caucus system, and says she supports public financing of elections.
John Sweeney | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics
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Roberto Lovato | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics
Whether or not the Obama campaign is successful in dropping the Clinton tally among Latinos, Super Tuesday will provide more than a few of the object lessons.
David Nassar | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
This video portrays just one, egregious example of Wal-Mart's willingness to twist the truth and take advantage of its workers.
HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
Los Angeles, California -- Just hours before a dramatic one-on-one televised debate with rival Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama led his campaign in...
Lynn R. Williams | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
There is really only one institution that represents the democratically determined voice of the people in economic matters and that is the labor movement.
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
We will miss hearing the voice of a candidate who has been unabashed in stating that the growth of the nation's labor movement.
Dave Johnson | Posted 01.26.2008 | Media
When was the last time you heard, read or saw anyone in the major media explain the benefits of joining a union?
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Dan Kovalik | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics