Workers

Main Street's Agenda: Give Workers the Tools to Lead and Sustain a Recovery

Thomas Kochan | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Main Street, Economic Recovery, Barack Obama, History Lesson, Workers, Economic Bailout Deal, Bailout Deal, Obama Policy, Politics News

Main Street America is sending a clear message to Washington these days: Don't direct all your help to Wall Street. Give us the tools we need to dig ourselves out of our own economic crisis.

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Workers: The Backbone and the Brains of Today's Economy!

Thomas Kochan | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jobs, Labor Policy, Economic Policy, The Modern Workforce, Economy, Wages, Workers, Politics News

One unanticipated fall out of the financial crisis is that now, lo and behold, Senator McCain has proclaimed "workers are the backbone of the economy...

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John McCain: No Friend of the American Worker

James P. Hoffa | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, John McCain, Social Security, Workers, Writers Guild of America Strike, Unfair Trade, Housing Crisis, Financial Crises, Whining, Teamsters Union, Minimum Wage, Middle-Class, Jay Leno, Phil Gramm, James Hoffa, Unemployment Benefits, Overtime, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

This is the same John McCain who's been kicking the crap out of American workers for the last 26 years. He voted to cut overtime. He voted against extending unemployment benefits.

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What Is Wal-Mart So Afraid Of? Four Words: Employee Free Choice Act

Robert Greenwald | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Walmart, Civil Liberties, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Economy, Baratunde Thurston, Seiu, Meet the Bloggers, Cenk Uygur, Pensions, American Rights at Work, Robert Greenwald, Recession, Working Class, Brave New Foundation, Efca, Jack and Jill Politics, Michael Whitney, Ceos, Andy Stern, Class,War, Unions, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

The Employee Free Choice Act is a vital piece of legislation that, if passed, will go a long way toward restoring the middle class in our country.

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The Department of Labor: A Damage Assessment

Rep. George Miller | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Elaine Chao, Workers, Labor Day, Wages, Mining, Labor Department, Katrina, President Bush, Worker Safety, Politics News
Rep. George Miller

Our nation's workers, battered by unfair global competition, stagnant wages, declining benefits, and poor employer compliance with labor laws, deserve a Department of Labor that lives up to its name.

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McCain's War on Workers: Bloggers, Rockers, Unions Unite to Take Back Labor Day

Art Levine | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Workers, Workplace Fairness, Labor Day, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News
Art Levine

Today, workers and labor advocates should remind the public -- and progressives -- of the threat McCain's free-market policies pose to working families and labor rights.

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How to Renew the American Dream for Working Families?

Thomas Kochan | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Obama, Obama Blue, Unions, Barack Obama, Workers, Labor, Economy, Politics News

Barack Obama and the Democratic Party have made "Renewing the American Dream" the theme of their domestic policy platform and vision for the future. But workers have good reason to be skeptical

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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
Richard Trumka

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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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
ZP Heller

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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Workers Deserve a Rescue Too

Robyn Blumner | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Workers, Workers Rights, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Gao, Business News
Robyn Blumner

There always seems to be plenty of money and will to rescue financial giants, but when the working stiffs of America need help to get paid, our government doesn't have enough resources to help.

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No Bail-Out, No Bail! The Mortgage Melt-Down as seen from MIAMI

Laura Flanders | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Mortgage, Housing, Countrywide, Flanders, Grittv, Foreclosure, Miami, Housing Crisis, Workers, Subprime Mortgages, Media Consolidation, Gentrification, Media News
Laura Flanders

As the Bush administration unveiled a publicly-financed plan to "save" mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, local residents at a town hall fo...

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America's Peasant Class

Robyn Blumner | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Immigrants, Workers, Workers Rights, Politics News
Robyn Blumner

Meatpacking at a unionized facility was at one time a ticket to a middle-class life. Today, thanks to absurdly lax enforcement of immigration laws, the same type of work buys a peasant's existence.

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Why Is McCain Afraid To Talk To U.S. Workers About Trade?

James P. Hoffa | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade, Workers, Colombia Free Trade, Colombia, McCain Trade, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

By traveling to Colombia to promote a trade program that will continue the race to the bottom, McCain is ignoring the crimes of its regime, which condones the torture and murder of trade unionists.

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NWA/Delta Merger: What About The Workers?

The Uptake | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Politics, Labor, Workers, Uptake, Unions, theuptake.org, Delta Northwest Merger, Offthebus, 2008 Election, Home News
The Uptake

"Northwest and Delta are talking about merging. It would be the largest airline company in the world. But what about jobs? It's just one more way for a couple of rich guys to get richer."

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World's Designated Shoppers Drop

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 03.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Workers, Barbara Ehrenreich, Recession, Economy, Business News
Barbara Ehrenreich

If a pink slip hurts, what about a letter from Citicard announcing that you've been laid off as a shopper?

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Business Slams GOP In Battle For Worker Rights (UPDATED)

David Sirota | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bill Ritter, Workers, Unions, Colorado, Politics News
David Sirota

Last week, I appeared on Colorado statewide television to debate Gov. Bill Ritter's recent executive order giving state workers the right to join stat...

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