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Take Action to Support Bakery Workers at Stella D'oro!

Stewart Acuff | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Freedom to Form Unions, Afl-Cio, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Stewart Acuff, Bctgm, Business News

The Stella D'oro story sums it up: Corporate mismanagement, the destruction of an iconic brand and an attempt to destroy the livelihoods of modest working families.

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Spilling the Beans About Starbucks' Union-Busting Tactics

ZP Heller | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Schultz, Efca, Workers, Brave New Films, Starbucks, Employee Free Choice, Robert Greenwald, Unions, Rights, Politics News

Turns out the coffee giant has a nasty history of being anti-barista, anti-union, and thus anti-Employee Free Choice Act as well.

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What Do Starbucks and Wal-Mart Have in Common?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Starbucks, Rights, Howard Schultz, Employee Free Choice, Efca, Workers, Brave New Films, Unions, Robert Greenwald, Politics News

There are over 127,000 baristas in our country alone, many of whom are in dire need of better wages, health benefits, and hours. Shouldn't they have the right to be treated fairly?

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U.S. Sick Leave Policy Makes Nation More Vulnerable To Swine Flu

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Workers, Sick Days, Paid Sick Days, United States, Politics News

The United States lags behind developed nations in mandating paid sick leave for workers, a deficiency that makes the nation more vulnerable to contag...

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The Cure for Layoffs: Fire the Boss!

Naomi Klein | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Bankruptcy, Workers, Manufacturing, The Take, International Bankruptcy, Fire the Boss, Manufacturing Jobs, Argentina, Business News

With the world economy now looking remarkably like Argentina's in 2001 (and for many of the same reasons) there is a new wave of direct action among workers in rich countries.

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Corruption Is Dangerous to Your Health

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paid Sick Leave, Corrupt Congress, Bank Lobby, Workers, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Republicans, Workers Rights, Politics News

In area after area, Americans are suffering from the accumulated corruptions of our moneyed politics.

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America's Essential Political Insanity

Ian Welsh | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, United States, Workers, Americans, America, Domestic Policy, War, Politics News

In America, you can get away with being nuts as long as enough people are benefiting from you being insane.

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May Day Fails its Promise to Workers

Bama Arethrya | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Protests, Alvaro Uribe, Free Trade, Strikes, Workers, May Day, Colombia, Philippines, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, May 1st, World News

We should think about commemorating May Day this year by standing in solidarity with the workers of Colombia and the Philippines, and anywhere where organizing is life-threatening.

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Healthcare Reform Is Too Important to Fail

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Dennis Rivera | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Healthcare, Labor, Bloomberg Healthcare, Workers, Mayor Bloomberg, Health, SEIU Healthcare, Dennis Rivera, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Seiu, Health Care, Politics News

In this time of economic emergency, our country needs more than partial solutions that are fraying under the weight of state and local budget crises. We need Washington's leadership to fix our healthcare system.

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Yes, Obama Can Honor Cesar Chavez's Legacy

Randy Shaw | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Labor, Ufw, Farmworkers, Labor Unions, Workers, Nlra, Politics News

President Obama harnessed the "Yes We Can " spirit in winning the presidency. He can now honor Cesar Chavez's legacy by giving farm workers federal labor protections at least equal to those afforded other workers.

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Can Chinese Condoms Stimulate the Economy?

Bret Caldwell | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Fired, Workers, Africa, Disease, Safe Sex, Us-Agency-for-International-Development, China, Teamsters, Condoms, Buy American, Unfair Trade, Foreign Goods, Business News

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The 10 Things I Hate About You

Ann Handley | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Office, Coworkers, Annoying Coworkers, Workers, Business, Work, Business News

So the company I work for, MarketingProfs, is a virtual company, which means that the 25 or so of us on staff are scattered throughout the country, wo...

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A Fairness Issue

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

"Without justice, what are kingdoms but bands of robbers?" - St Augustine. I was surprised when Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) opened up his remarks before ...

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Obama Takes On Market-Based Government

Thomas Frank | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Gop, Obama Administration, Workers, Private Contractors, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Politics News

In a little-noted passage of a mostly ignored speech last week, President Obama gave notice that he meant to put the kibosh on the GOP's favorite method for spreading the wealth around.

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Not Just Any Job is Good Enough

Beth Shulman | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, Low Wages, Unemployment, Workers, Economy, Living Wage, Jobs, Labor Unions, Living News

President Obama should use the power of the presidency to ensure living wages in the jobs resulting from his initiatives. Pre-recession, 1/4 of jobs in the U.S. paid sub-poverty wages.

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9 Ways To Fight The Office Blahs

CNN.com | Anthony Balderrama | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Work Environment, Work Tips, Workers, Work, Office Blahs, Office, Work-Life Balance, Work Environment, Living News

The afternoon blahs -- be they boredom, restlessness or stress -- can drag you down and hurt your productivity. Plus, they just make for unpleasant af...

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A Secretary of Labor for Workers

James P. Hoffa | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigrant Rights, Minimum Wage, Workers, Hilda Solis, Senator Ted Kennedy, Obama's Cabinet, Department of Labor, Secretary of Labor, Obama, Teamsters, California, Politics News

In 2005, California Congresswoman Hilda Solis contributed $15,000 of her own campaign money to fund a successful movement to raise the minimum wage in California.

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A New Idea for How to Save the US Auto Industry

Gordon Fellman | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Bailout, Automaker CEOs, Democracy, Workers, Social Experiments, Initiatves, Business News

It is fully understandable that in the culture of the rich and powerful, anything goes if it serves the purposes of making money and living extremely well.

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Solis' History of Fighting for Workers

Elana Levin | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Labor, Hilda Solis, Workers, Obama Appointments, Unite Here, Unions, Labor Unions, Hilda Solis Labor, Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis Obama Labor, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Labor Secretary, Obama Solis Labor, Hilda Solis Labor Secretary, Politics News

Some of my colleagues have worked with her for decades. She has a deep and personal connection with working Americans that stems from decades working to help workers get their rights.

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Time for banking and auto workers to stage a sit-in

Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Auto Bailout, Workers, Finance Jobs, Careers, Bank of America, Banking, Protests, Business News

Everyone thought that the 200 plus workers at a Chicago door and window factory were so quaint, staging an old-fashioned sit-in in today's all-about-m...

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The Economic Recovery Program Our Nation Needs

Anna Burger | Posted 01.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Labor, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Change to Win, Labor Unions, Unions, Economy, Home News

With news that unemployment claims have reached a 26-year high and Congress' continuing failure to reach a compromise to save millions of jobs and Ame...

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Obama Embraces Chicago Factory Sit-In: Symbol of New Wave of Activism

Peter Dreier | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Workers, Chicago, Protest, Obama, Sit-In, Union, Bush, Republic Windows and Doors, Recession, Business News

The bold factory take-over by the Republic workers in Chicago may be a fluke, or it just could be the opening salvo of a new wave of grassroots activism inspired by Obama's campaign.

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Economic Recovery: Fairness for Low-Income Families

Judy Patrick and Surina Khan | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery, Minimum Wage, Low Wages, Workers, Wages, Fair Play Act, Politics News

Already disadvantaged by years of workplace and legislative failures, women and their families face an increasingly insecure future if policies are not adjusted to meet our ever more pressing needs.

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Bush's Last Gamble

David Sirota | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rahm Emanuel, George Bush, Workers, Wall Street, Bailout, Colombia, George W. Bush, Bush Colombia Trade Deal, Auto Industry, Politics News

Obama will not support linking the Colombia Free Trade Agreement to economic stimulus. That's good policy and good politics. It will also prevent Bush's last-ditch effort to fracture the Democratic Party.

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

Thomas Kochan | Posted 10.30.2008 | 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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