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Seizing the "Obama Moment:" Which Side Are We On?

David Sirota | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Jason Furman, Bill Clinton, Economic Policy, Nafta, Obama Economic Policy, Democratic Party, Unions, Labor Unions, Obama's Economic Plan, Politics News

We must realize that while elections are important, constant pressure against both parties has always been the only force that makes real progress.

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Don't Let Our Opponents Divide Us with Race

Richard Trumka | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, John McCain, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Middle Class, Pensions, Jobs, Clean Energy, Afl-Cio, Pay Equity, Thailand, Race, Barack Obama, Religion, Patriotism, Labor, Muslim, Union Blogs, Health Care, Unions, Christian, Union, Richard Trumka, Politics News

The opponents of working people are trying to divide us by using Obama's race as an issue. Union members must lead the fight against such divisions and, instead, look at the bottom line.

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Tell the FEC to Investigate Wal-Mart for Electioneering

ZP Heller | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Walmart, Lee Scott, Unions, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Fec, Wal-Mart Electioneering, Politics News

If Wal-Mart broke the law by threatening and scaring employees about which candidates to vote for this November, compel the FEC to hold the company accountable.

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The Monomania of Economists

Jeff Madrick | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Milton Friedman, Unions, Inflation, 1970s, Inlfationary Expectations, Business News

The anti-inflationary policy makers are preaching a simple ideology. To be more kind, they want to make the mistake of being too tight, not too loose.

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Wal-Mart's Desperate War Against Unionization

ZP Heller | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Walmart, Lee Scott, John McCain, Workers, Unions, Wages, Barack Obama, Politics News

As to Wal-Mart scaring workers into believing that if Democrats win in November, they will lose, I ask this: if you're a Wal-Mart employee who's making a meager hourly wage that doesn't even cover the cost of food for your family or doctors' visits for your children, haven't you lost already?

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Wal-Mart Never Saw it Coming

Ron Galloway | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Barack Obama, Wal-Mart, Walmart Unions, Wal-Mart Obama, Unions, Wall Street Journal, Business News

Wal-Mart held meetings explaining why an Obama victory might lead to unions organizing more easily. But are they aware that Buffy Wicks, the designer of Obama's grassroots campaign, used to work for Wake Up Wal-Mart?

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Wal-Mart and Cintas Campaign Against Pro-worker Legislation

Elana Levin | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor, Populism, Employee Free Choice Act, Income Inequality, Corporate America, Corporations, Chamber of Commerce, Organized Labor, Policy, Unions, Labor Unions, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Business News

Wal-Mart and Cintas are fighting to stop legislation which would help protect workers who want to unionize.

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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

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 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

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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Obama Campaign Press Call 7.1 AUDIO: Indiana House Majority Leader Russ Stilwell and Former UAW Vice President Terry Thurman on Trade Policy

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Evan Bayh, Job Losses, John McCain, Terry Thurman, Wesley Clark, Free Trade, Nafta, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign Audio, Wesley Clark Statement, Presidential Press Conference Call, Uaw, Trade Policy, Russ Stilwell, Unions, Indiana, Home News

WHO: Indiana House Majority Leader Russ Stilwell and Former UAW Vice President Terry Thurman WHAT: Press conference call to discuss trade policy...

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A Trade Proposal Even the Teamsters Can Support

James P. Hoffa | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Obama NAFTA, Free Trade Agreements, Sherrod Brown, Nafta, Free Trade, Protectionism, Teamsters, Unions, Business News

For the past 15 years, anyone who opposed a so-called "free trade agreement" was labeled a protectionist. And that was the end of the story. The TRADE Act allows us to present an alternative.

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Apathy Doesn't Live in the Bronx

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.23.2008 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Strike, Bronx, Unions, Activism, Protest, Students Protest No Child Left Behind, Standardized Testing, South Bronx Student Protest, Living News

Last Wednesday more than 160 students in the South Bronx refused to take another standardized test. They are sick of being dragged out of their classrooms to be treated as lab rats in the No Child Left Behind rotten matrix.

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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

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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Kaiser Security Guard Strike

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.10.2008 | Business

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

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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Vallejo's Bankruptcy Might Have Been Prevented

Peter Scheer | Posted 05.09.2008 | Business

Read More: California, Unions, Mortgage Crisis, Tax Revenue, Federal Bankruptcy Protection, Vallejo, Bankrutcy, Business News

Vallejo is the first California municipality to declare bankruptcy in the current economic downturn; others are likely to follow, unfortunately.

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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

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

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

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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Just. Doesn't. Get It

John Sweeney | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Unemployment, Employee Free Choice Act, Martin Luther King, Trade, Hewlett-Packard, Civil Rights, Mccain, Afl-Cio, Unions, Politics News

If McCain is going to continue trying to gain political points by talking about working family issues, it's time for him to put his votes and policies where his rhetoric is.

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The Moment for Change

Andy Stern | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: SEIU Presidential Endorsement, SEIU Obama Endorsement, SEIU Obama, Labor, Labor Unions, Seiu Endros, Unions, Seiu, Andy Stern, Politics News

We are at a moment of enormous opportunity for working people. Americans have broad recognition of economic injustice, and we in SEIU have the hope of Barack Obama.

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On Equal Pay Day, Mind the Pay Gap

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Work, Women, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor, Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay, Politics News

With the observance of Equal Pay Day on April 22, we mark how far into each year a woman must work to earn as much as a man did in the previous year.

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Robert Reich's Endorsement -- No Big Deal

Gerald McEntee | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fair Trade, Endorsement, Labor, Robert Reich, Unions, Nafta, Barack Obama, Robert Reich Endorses Obama, Robert Reich Obama, Obama Endorsement, Politics News

Despite his reputation as a liberal and a friend of working men and women, Reich knows how to walk both sides of the street.

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The Real Elites, as Filled with Elite-i-ness as Ever

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Video, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton 2008, Pennsylvania Primary, Obama Bitter Comment, Unions, 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Working Class, Obama Bitter Pennsylvanians, Obama Bitter, Politics News

After days of near universal agreement that Obama's "bitter" comment was going to absolutely crush him, it turns out that most people in small towns don't care, and if anything, they kind of agree.

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Just Work: This is What a Union Victory Looks Like

Raquel Mack | Posted 04.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Security Guard Union, Labor, Security Guards, Labor Unions, Unions, Private Security Union, Seiu, Living News

Last weekend, I joined with 1500 of my colleagues to sign the first ever union contract for private security officers in Washington, D.C. It was a big win.

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From Scorched Political Earth to Scorched Actual Earth

Brendan Smith | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environmentalism, Labor, Downsizing, Unions, Green Jobs, Politics News

Little has been done by legislators to take care of those like coal miners and power plant workers, who may lose their jobs as a direct effect of efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

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