On this Labor Day Weekend, President Obama and Congress have a chance to do much more than issue proclamations and march in solidarity parades. They have a real opportunity to advance policies that will help assure that the economic recovery reaches beyond financial institutions and major corporations to those who...

Those of us from the U.S. who attended the just concluded World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association in Sydney, Australia experienced a rare treat and learned firsthand how out of sync are America's efforts to modernize labor and employment policies with what is happening here and around...

As Congress debates the best way to invest a trillion dollars or so in health care reform it appears to be on the verge of making the infamous General Motors blunder. In the 1980s GM invested over $50 billion in automation in an ill-fated effort to improve the productivity...

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. Our leaders in Washington should learn from our history.

In 1932 Franklin Roosevelt's first...

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." As somebody who studies how people work, I welcome his sudden awakening, even if he only got it half right. But workers are...

Labor delegates are leaving the Democratic Convention with a clear message and a mandate, energized by the inspiring words of Barack Obama that "We cannot turn back, not with so much work to be done."

The message: This is the ultimate crossroads election for America's working families. Electing Barack...

The buzz in the meetings, rallies, and forums underway at the Democratic Convention is modifying Bill Clinton's 1992 dictum: "It's the economy, stupid." This year it is the economy for sure but it goes a step further: It is about creating jobs, increasing wages, and rebuilding workers' bargaining power.

Senator Ted Kennedy brought participants at the first night of the Democratic Convention to their feet just by showing up. His courage, valor, and determination to keep up the good fight for America's working families moved and inspired every soul in the hall and I'm sure millions more who watched...

The essence of the American Dream is that by working hard and playing by the rules members of each generation should be able to improve on the standard of living they experienced growing up. Yet that dream is at risk for today's working families, and particularly for our children and...