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A More Democratic Foxconn? No One Told the Workers

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.18.2013 | World
Michelle Chen

With a workforce of more than one million, the electronics giant Foxconn has enough workers in its Chinese factories to fill a small country. So it's...

Right-to-Work Laws are Killing the American Dream

Larry Cohen | Posted 02.16.2013 | Politics
Larry Cohen

The campaign to make Michigan a so-called "right to work" state is not really about individuals paying union dues. It's all about the 1 percent limiting the ability of working people to work together for a real voice on the job and better wages and conditions.

WATCH: Union Leader: Obama Should Help Workers Who Got Him Elected

The Huffington Post | John Stephens | Posted 12.14.2012 | HuffPost Live 321

Larry Hanley, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union and member of the AFL-CIO's Executive Council, told HuffPost Live Thursday that President Bar...

How Republicans Issued Major Blow In Anti-Union Fight

Reuters | Posted 02.12.2013 | Politics

By Nick Carey and Bernie Woodall LANSING, Mich., Dec 13 (Reuters) - As a trained aerospace engineer, Patrick Colbeck applied his pench...

So Close

Wendy Strgar | Posted 01.21.2013 | Healthy Living
Wendy Strgar

Our universal longing to feel heard and the profound sense of relief we experience when we feel "felt" by someone speaks to this deep connection of love that transcends the immediate efforts of communication and transforms the intimate exchange into a timeless moment.

The Bottom Line? Zero TB Deaths -- NOW

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 01.20.2013 | Impact
Kolleen Bouchane

Though many have worked tirelessly for years, sometimes in a movement you hit a spot where things suddenly accelerate. And for the TB posse, that moment is now.

America's Working Families Won

Lee A. Saunders | Posted 01.12.2013 | Politics
Lee A. Saunders

Election Day 2012 brought very good news for the working middle class, the Main Street movement and the American Dream. The American people sent a clear message that we will stand with a President who stands with all Americans.

Why Do Most People Think of Lincoln as an Anti-Slavery President When He Was Really More Pro-Unification?

Quora | Posted 01.09.2013 | Politics
Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Matthew Pinsker, Pohanka Chair for Civil War History, Dickinson College The best way to answer this...

A Clear Choice for Workers

Joe Hansen | Posted 01.05.2013 | Politics
Joe Hansen

One candidate -- President Obama -- supports workers' rights and is committed to protecting them. The other -- Mitt Romney -- is out to destroy them. That's what at stake in this election.

You Can't Fool the People!

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 12.03.2012 | Green
Paul Paz y Miño

After having the largest environmental judgment in history -- $19 billion -- handed down against them and held up under appeal, Chevron is fooling fewer and fewer people hardly any of the time these days.

Republicans Reject Union Workers But Respect Union Refs

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.01.2012 | Business
Leo W. Gerard

Republicans' reaction to last week's Monday Night Football debacle was record-breaking given their decades of hating on union workers.

Cole Stangler

The Labor Movement's Profound Effect On Politicians

HuffingtonPost.com | Cole Stangler | Posted 09.26.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Politicians who come of age with the labor movement in their lives are more likely to advocate on behalf of worker-friendly policies, re...

Mitt + Koch = Prop 32 Ways to Buy CA

Rick Jacobs | Posted 11.17.2012 | Politics
Rick Jacobs

We can say no to the Koch brothers/Karl Rove/RomneyBain and show them that people power can still beat corporate money. We can also tell them that the eighth largest economy in the world is not up to bid to the highest bidder.

Why I Don't Support the Chicago Teachers

Liz Ryan | Posted 11.13.2012 | Home
Liz Ryan

I get it. Teachers' jobs are brutal. But why, in the face of unworkable and outdated methods and an inhuman work load, would teachers ever conclude "Let's hold the district's feet to the fire for 45 extra bucks a week, and call it good"?

The Naked Ideology of School Reform

Mark Cassello | Posted 11.10.2012 | Home
Mark Cassello

If Chicagoans fail to recognize the deeper systemic issues underlying their failing schools, the teachers' strike may play right into the hands of Emanuel, who stands to profit politically, and the charter school corporations, which stand to profit financially.

Unless the Board of Education Gets Serious, Chicago Educators May Need to Strike

Kenzo Shibata | Posted 10.14.2012 | Chicago
Kenzo Shibata

Top-down management style employed by the new crop of school administrators leave educators feeling frustrated, dejected and ready to throw in the towel. Educators need respect.

Tulsa AA Unions Angered By 'Ghost' Ad On Contract

AP | JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS | Posted 09.26.2012 | Travel

TULSA, Okla. — A "ghost" ad campaign urging American Airlines mechanics and stores groups to reject a labor agreement is misleading and doesn't ...

Unions: Friends or Foes of the Arts?

Richard Dare | Posted 09.05.2012 | Home
Richard Dare

No one wants second-rate legal work or almost good healthcare; and I don't think they want second-best music either.

Cole Stangler

Union Says American Airlines Stalling Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Cole Stangler | Posted 06.19.2012 | Politics

Rosemary Capasso, 59, has worked as a passenger service agent at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport for the last 30 years. She splits her ...

Live-Streamed Civil War Seminar -- Creating Education That Is Accessible to All

Larry Velvel | Posted 08.15.2012 | College
Larry Velvel

The high cost of both legal and undergraduate education is, justly, a hot button topic right now, and in my opinion, far too little is being done to ensure that every American has access to the remarkable educational opportunities this country has to offer.

Cole Stangler

Pizza Workers On Strike: 'No Justice, No Piece'

HuffingtonPost.com | Cole Stangler | Posted 06.14.2012 | Politics

More than 125 workers at a Milwaukee pizza plant have been on strike for nearly two weeks, claiming workplace dangers, problems in obtaining overtime ...

Latino Voters Double In North Carolina

The Huffington Post | Janell Ross | Posted 05.25.2012 | Latino Voices

The number of registered Latino voters living in North Carolina has doubled in the last four years, likely cementing North Carolina’s status as a sw...

Zach Carter

Obama Urged To Pressure Colombia On Workers' Rights Following Murders

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 04.05.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, the leaders of the largest coalition of American labor unions sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to mainta...

As the World Turns

Paula Gordon | Posted 06.01.2012 | Business
Paula Gordon

SAG-AFTRA, one union, now stands where once there were a separate Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors. The labor movement is far from dead.

Saki Knafo

Workers And Managers Face Off At Iconic New York Bookstore

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.23.2012 | New York

Visitors to the Strand Book Store, a quirky bastion of the New York intellectual tradition on Broadway and 12th Street, may have noticed that the plac...