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Health Care's Next Big Fight: Tax the Rich or Slam Workers?

Art Levine | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Excise Taxes, So-Called-Cadillac-Plans, Obama, House, Unions, Senate, Lieberman, Politics News

Neither the House nor Senate versions of the health care bill could offer the extensive, affordable coverage that reformers are hoping for or that Democrats have been promoting.

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Time to Change the Game for Airline and Railroad Workers

Edward Wytkind | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Election Reform, Elections, National Mediation Board, Airline Unions, Railroads, Union Elections, Railroad Unions, Unions, Labor Unions, Airlines, Business News

Unionization in the airline industry has slowed. Why? Union-busting campaigns are alive and well because current election policy encourages employer-run voter suppression campaigns.

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Mexico's Union Bust Reveals Flaws in NAFTA

Laura Carlsen | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Mexico, Nafta, Mexican Strikes, Felipe Calderon, Unions, World News

"From one day to the next, they left us with no job," said an out-of-work electrician, as he marched alongside some 200,000 fellow workers and their supporters in downtown Mexico City this month.

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Tiffany's Looks To Africa As Diamond Industry Shifts

Wall Street Journal | By VANESSA O'CONNELL | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

In a windowless factory in this African village, Tiffany is teaching more than 80 workers to transform raw diamonds into gems for Tiffany engagement r...

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Showdown in Chicago

Richard Trumka | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

We're gathering outside the American Bankers Association meeting to demand reform that will allow us to rebuild our communities, our lives and the real economy. We've got a lot to rebuild.

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My Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

Michael Moore | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cooperatives, Newspapers, Twitter, Civil Disobedience, Evictions, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Media, Facebook, Democratic Party, Green Energy, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Movies, Campaign Finance, Michael Pollan, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Protest, Sarah Palin, Showdown-in-Chicago, Financial Crisis, Capitalism: A Love Story, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, Foreclosure, Medicare, Unions, Global Warming, Politics News

I have 15 things we can all do right now to fix the very broken system in this country and to fight back against those who have brought us to where we are. C'mon people -- we can do this!

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State's Human Rights Guy Needs to Man Up Fast

Jeff Ballinger | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Usaid, Workers, Unions, Public Diplomacy, State Department, President Obama, Politics News

Now that Michael Posner has been officially installed as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, it's about time we get started down the road to righting a whole slew of global wrongs.

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Maybe Conservatism is Dead?

Stewart Acuff | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stewart Acuff, Labor Movement, Afl-Cio, President Obama, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News

The leaders of the Republican Party and the ideologues of conservatism have no answers for any of the problems that our country and our people are trying to deal with.

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Growing Up In Detroit: Community Organizing With Mostaccioli

Nancy Cronk | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Growing Up, Large Families, Uaw, Unemployment, Chrysler, Economy, Detroit, Gm, Community Organizing, Italian Food, Ford, Unions, Living News

Raising a big family was tough for my parents. Feeding eleven people on an auto-workers income meant everything my parents did required effort and creativity.

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The Chamber of Commerce's Jobs Deception Campaign

Richard Trumka | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, Labor, Wall Street, Lending, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Capitalism, Taxpayers, Unions, Free Enterprise, Richard Trumka, Business News

Unions are popularly known as "the folks who brought you the weekend." In contrast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has the distinction of trying to take away a long and ugly list of benefits.

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Women and People of Color Down for the Count in Jobless Recovery

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Labor, Unemployment, Underemployment, Union Blogs, Arlene Holt Baker, Unemployment Rate, Unions, Union, Home News

A close look at the unemployment figures shows that while white males are taking it on the chin in this recession, women and people of color are down ...

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It's Time to Lead -- And That Means You!

Madeline Janis | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Workers, Poverty, Economy, Health Insurance, Los Angeles, Unions, Recession, Child Poverty, Unemployment, Income, Politics News

More than 2.6 million people fell into poverty between 2007 and 2008 is only the "tip of the recession iceberg." In the city of L.A., more than a quarter of children live below the federal poverty line.

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Key Senators, Krugman Call for Tariffs on High-Carbon-Footprint Imports

Mike Elk | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Evan Bayh, Russ Feingold, Barack Obama, Copenhagen 2009, Robert Bryd, Tire Imports, Al Franken, Globalization, United Steelworkers, Paul Krugman, Climate Change, India, Leo Gerard, China, Unions, G-20, Business News

In the wake of the China tire-import decision, we have heard a lot of rhetoric falsely labeling it as the beginning of a trade war. It is not. Workers around the world are engaged in an effort to protect themselves.

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ReThinking Norma Rae: A Union Icon Falls Fighting the Healthcare Industry

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Employee Free Choice Act, Crystal Lee Sutton, Health Care Reform, Rethink Reviews, Norma Rae, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Jonathan Kim, Health Care, Labor Unions, Unions, Movie Critic, Healthcare, Entertainment News

We should be thankful that Crystal Lee Sutton's struggle to help the working poor has been immortalized in a film as great as Norma Rae for generations to enjoy and be inspired by.

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Murdoch Predicts Death Of Print Unions

ft.com | Posted 09.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Print Unions, Newspapers, News Corporation, Unions, Newspaper Unions, Media News

More than 20 years after he battled print labour unions at his Wapping newspaper plant, Rupert Murdoch hailed electronic reading devices as the death ...

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Specter Tells AFL-CIO He Backs Employees' Choice

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Arlen Specter, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Joe Sestak, President Obama, Politics News

PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter took another step in his political transformation on Tuesday, telling hundreds of labor activists t...

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New Reason for Devotion to Employee Free Choice Act

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: United Steel Workers Union, Union Card Checks, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice, Efca, United Steelworkers, Leo Gerard, Unions, Labor Unions, Politics News

For Ted Kennedy, for Crystal Lee Sutton, for us all, America ought to have the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Crystal Lee Sutton, the Real "Norma Rae," Was a Fighter to the End

Bruce Raynor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Labor, Workers, Labor Unions, Unions, North Carolina, Norma Rae, Living News

Our nation lost a great hero and champion of working people. Crystal Lee Sutton was an inspiration to every worker who holds out hope and is prepared to fight for justice and respect at work.

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Obama Shows Encouraging Signs on China, But Is It A Smokescreen?

Mike Elk | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Free Trade, Harry Reid, Section 421, Leo Gerard, Barack Obama, Office of U.S. Trade Representative, Unions, China, Business News

While the Administration is making some initially encouraging signs on trade, only over time will we know whether the Administration truly intends to pursue a policy of fair trade that leads to prosperity in all nations.

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Score One for Fair Trade

Jim Arkedis | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Boeing, Free Trade, Progressive Policy Institute, World Trade Organization, Wto, Unions, Airbus, World News

The WTO's ruling late last week in a case involving Boeing and European arch-rival Airbus is a big and welcome victory that shows rule-based trade works.

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Labor Day Investing

Amy B. Dean | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus Bill, Barack Obama, Labor Day, Ceos, Afl-Cio, Pensions, Working Families, American Labor Movement, Stimulus Plan, Unions, Health Care, Politics News

Labor Day is a reminder of what workers can achieve when they organize: improved working conditions, fairness in the work place, holiday and vacation pay, health care and pensions.

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Unions Frustrated By Pace Of Change Under Obama

The New York Times | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Labor Department, Unions, Economy, Afl-Cio, Health Care Reform, Manufacturing, Obama, Labor Unions, Politics News

...Today that euphoria is giving way to a mixture of frustration and unease, as union leaders are growing concerned that the Obama White House has not...

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Workers of the World Unite on Labor Day

Bill Fletcher Jr. | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Workers of the World, Workers, Labor Day, Labor Unions, Unions, Workers Rights, Politics News

The right to join or form labor unions is so central but so often overlooked precisely because it goes to central questions regarding power in so-called free market societies.

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A New Workforce Model for A New American Economy

Tom Woodruff | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Workers, Wal-Mart, Labor Day, Unions, Change to Win, Economy, Vacation, Politics News

To rebuild our economy, we must restore worker purchasing power by restoring worker bargaining power.

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Happy 'Enlightened' Labor Day

James P. Hoffa | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Unions, Labor Day, Business News

Workers need the chance to decide for themselves -- without being spied on, threatened, or fired -- whether to join a union. The Employee Free Choice Act would give them that chance.

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