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A Conversation with John Sayles on Labor and the Writers' Strike

Robert Eisele | Posted 01.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers' Strike Opinion, Wga, John Sayles, Writers' Strike, Writers Guild of America Strike, WGA Strike, DGA WGA, Labor Unions, Writers' Strike News, The Great Debaters, Writers Guild of America, Labor, Writers Guild Strike, Organized Labor, Unions, Robert Eisele, Entertainment News
Robert Eisele

"The movie industry is one of the most unionized industries left. I feel a lot of what this strike is about is corporations looking at their entertainment division and saying, 'Can't we turn this into Wal-Mart?'"

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A Meeting of Consequence: The Abu Dhabi Dialogue on Temporary Contractual Labor

James Zogby | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Justice, Middle East, Asian Markets, Politics News
James Zogby

Officials from over two dozen nations met in Abu Dhabi to address the critical issue of labor migration. By any measure, it was a meeting of consequence.

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The Directors Guild Deal: Good or Bad? First Analysis

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Class Warfare, Viacom, Labor, Writers Guild of America Strike, Rupert Murdoch, Cbs, Disney, Directors Guild of America, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

Well, Gil Cates is happy. But should the rest of us think this is a good deal? "It's really an excellent deal," Gilbert Cates, who led the di...

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Marc Cooper

Nevada: Full Scale Union Ground War

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Culinary, Edwards, Labor, Oranizers, Clinton, Seiu, Caucusing, Get Out the Vote, Obama, Nevada, Marc Cooper, Caucuses, Unions, Local 226, Las Vegas, Ground War, Politics News

Las Vegas, NV -- Forty-eight hours to go before Saturday's Democratic caucuses and it's strictly battle-station mode at the headquarters of the 60,000...

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Marc Cooper

Nevada Unions Pump Up For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Culinary, Labor, Las Vegas, Seiu, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Obama, Marc Cooper, Union, Nevada Caucuses, Home News

Throughout Nevada, union activists are mobilized and deployed to support rival Democratic campaigns. In this video, we see Dale Jackson of the Service...

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Marc Cooper

Video: John Edwards Disses Clinton On Social Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Nevada Caucus, Labor, Video, Barack Obama, Social Security, Democratic Presidential Candidate, John Edwards, Nevada, Organized Labor, Unions, Hillary Clinton, Home News

John Edwards says he's not going anywhere, except straight ahead into this Saturday's Nevada cacuses. After an appearance at the Carpenters Union in L...

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Reinventing Myself in a Changing Journalistic Landscape

Nancy Cleeland | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Labor, Economic Policy Institute, Economy, Trade Journalism, EPI, Labor Unions, Economics Journalism, Journalism, Immigration Journalism, Business Journalism, Media News
Nancy Cleeland

Through years of reporting, I've seen the consequences of an unbalanced economic culture that prizes cheap products and high corporate profits over stability and equitably-shared growth.

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Valentine Chocolates: Child Labor Inside?

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Standard, Certify, Labor, Mars, Hershey, Cadbury, Stakeholder, Nestle, Utopian, Cocoa, Verification, Ghana, Quakers, Ivory Coast, Rights, No Dirty Gold, Cocoa Verification Board, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

Some chocolate makers have long had a reputation for enlightened leadership. But this reputation is now being strongly challenged.

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Steelworkers Sold on Edwards

Claudia Cruz | Posted 01.05.2008 | Home

Read More: John Edwards, Steelworkers, Labor, Unions, Home News
Claudia Cruz

Chants of "John Edwards for President" pierced the cold New Hampshire night. A group of about 50 steelworkers and their family members yelled in supp...

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Edwards Energizes Union Supporters on Morning of Caucus

Reilly Center For Media & Public Affairs | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home

Read More: John Edwards, United Steel Workers Union, United Steel Workers, Labor, Home News
Reilly Center For Media & Public Affairs

John Edwards supporters have been using the Des Moines United Steel Workers Union Hall as a campaign call center, and Edwards stopped there this morning for a quick "thank you."

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The Ten Best Public Policies of 2007

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Minnesota, Martin O'Malley, Maryland, Michael Bloomberg, Subway, DC Voting Rights, Efca, New Haven, 2007, Immigration, Policy, Denver, New York City, Transportation, Labor, Subprime Mortgages, Courts, Maine, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Drum Major Institute, Health Care, San Francisco, Politics News
Andrea Batista Schlesinger

From DMI's Year In Review 2007 1. Arbitrary Dispute Resolution The Seventh Amendment hasn't been repealed. So how did Americans lose the right to tr...

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The USA's Human Rights Daze

Norman Solomon | Posted 12.13.2007 | Living

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Labor, Human Rights, Economics, Equity, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Economic Rights, Democracy, News Media, Justice, Living News
Norman Solomon

Within the boundaries of dominant news media and mainline political discourse, the "issue" of human rights is in a narrow box. It severely limits the humanity of our social order.

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Businesses Impeding Free Speech Rights in the Workplace

Steven Hill | Posted 12.06.2007 | Business

Read More: Steven Hill, Worker Freedom Act, First Amendment, Labor, Corporations, Unions, Dmitri Igltizin, Free Speech, Business News
Steven Hill

If "captive speech" cannot be imposed on students in school, why should it be imposed on workers at their jobs? Should they have to forfeit their First Amendment freedoms whenever they show up to work?

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The Mortgage Crisis: Just Stop It

John Sweeney | Posted 12.06.2007 | Business

Read More: Labor, Afl-Cio, Foreclosure, Subprime, Mortgage, Sweeney, Economy, Business News
John Sweeney

Right now, we need a moratorium on subprime mortgage foreclosures. Guaranteed, that will dam the flood of Americans losing their homes and their life savings.

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An Entrepreneur in Every Pot

James Berman | Posted 11.15.2007 | Business

Read More: Women Entrepreneurs, Small Business Administration, Labor, Small Business, Entrepreneur, Start-Ups, Business News
James Berman

It's easy to forget that the real crucible of economic growth is the small business. It's also overlooked that small business creation has never been better.

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Dems Prep Vegas Debate: Labor Balks on Hillary

Marc Cooper | Posted 11.14.2007 | Home

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Labor, Campaign 2008, Home News
Marc Cooper

As the Democratic candidates prepare for Thursday's CNN Nevada debate, Hillary Clinton holds a wide lead but still can't sew up the support of organized labor.

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Are Democrats Blowing A Chance In A Generation on Trade?

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Class Warfare, Peru, Freshman Democrats, Public Citizen, Democrats, Labor, Free Trade, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

The Democrats who voted for the trade deal with Peru are, in my humble opinion, buying a phony framework for trade.

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San Francisco No Longer Sweat-free?

Tom Hayden | Posted 11.01.2007 | Politics

Read More: Labor Abuses, San Francisco Sweatshops, Labor, Human Rights, Gavin Newsom, American Apparel, San Fransisco Sweatshop Contractors, Workers Rights Consortium, Sweat-Free, Human Rights Abuses, San Francisco, Sweatshops, Politics News
Tom Hayden

How can the highly-regarded liberal mayor of San Fransisco have granted such lengthy exemptions to taxpayer-subsidized contractors who admittedly fail to comply with the sweatfree law?

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A Harvest of Shame

Baldemar Velasquez | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Day of the Dead, Labor, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, R.J. Reynolds, Backbone Campaign, Tobacco Industry, Harvest of Shame, Tobacco, Labor Unions, Dia De Los Muertos, Edward R. Murrow Harvest of Shame, Politics News
Baldemar Velasquez

The union that I represent, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee will be rallying a protest in Winston-Salem at the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company over some deadly serious matters.

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UAW Locals Reject Chrysler Pact

AP | Tom Krisher | Posted 10.20.2007 | Business

Read More: Chrysler, Uaw, Auto Industry, Detroit, Labor, Business News

Workers at three more United Auto Workers locals have rejected a tentative contract agreement between the union and Chrysler LLC, casting doubt on whe...

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No Iraq Withdrawal Timetable, But a Corporate Trade Deal for Peru?

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade, Labor, Congress, Peru, Trade Agreements, Amazon Rainforest, Nafta, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Some Democratic leaders are trying to pass a trade agreement with Peru that would give U.S. oil companies powerful new rights to exploit Peru's Amazonian rainforest.

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Bill Richardson Shops for a Labor Secretary

Shelby Highsmith | Posted 10.15.2007 | Home

Read More: Labor, Atlanta, Young Democrats, Bill Richardson, Offthebus, Georgia, Home News
Shelby Highsmith

On Friday, October 5 in Atlanta, Bill Richardson, in a bit of switch, helped local Democrats raise a little money for their own efforts.

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Labor's Choice For President (Part IV): SEIU Neutral

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Change to Win, 2008 Elections, Labor, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Afl-Cio, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

The Service Employees International Union has chosen not to endorse, at the national level, any one candidate, freeing up its individual locals to support the candidates of their choice.

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SEIU Takes A Pass, Will Not Endorse In Dem Primary

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 10.08.2007 | Home

Read More: 2008 Elections, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Labor, Union, 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary, Democratic Presidential Primary, Organized Labor, Primary Elections, Democrats, Seiu, Labor Union, Home News

The Service Employees International Union, one of the most politically engaged labor organizations, announced Monday there will be no Democratic prima...

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Just Work: Unjust End

Joseph Louis | Posted 09.28.2007 | Living

Read More: Nova Southeastern University, Labor, Just Work, Elirose Pierre-Louis, Labor Unions, SEIU Just Work, Seiu, Living News
Joseph Louis

Elirose Pierre-Louis died from an illness that could have been managed and from a working situation that should have been avoided. We know Eli died because she was poor.

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