Stories by David Moberg
David Moberg is a senior editor of In These Times.
Obama has always been more centrist than many have wanted to admit. But it's the possibility of what his presidency can deliver that's so important.
Posted on Sep 10, 2008
Meet Working America: a 2.5 million online member organization created by the AFL-CIO with a working-class base and a strategy to win.
Posted on Sep 1, 2008
The political fight developing within SEIU has broad implications for the labor movement and progressive politics.
Posted on Apr 24, 2008
A dispute between competing health care unions turns physical and ugly.
Posted on Apr 21, 2008
The Writers Guild strike that ended in February proved the power of organizing by creative workers. Now, actors in Hollywood may use the same script.
Posted on Mar 24, 2008
America is the richest country in the world -- so why does this country deny its workers mandated paid vacations and sick days?
Posted on Jun 23, 2007
Our health care system has gotten so bad that even Republicans acknowledge that it's broken -- so what's the best way to deal with it?
Posted on Mar 12, 2007
As employers and governments cut back on pensions and health insurance, the burden of taking care of ourselves increasingly rests on our own shoulders.
Posted on Dec 1, 2006
Despite the AFL-CIO split following the 2004 election, labor unions are gearing up for the November elections like never before.
Posted on Oct 31, 2006
Belief in the myth of the self-made man has made many ordinary people suckers for the right-wing pitch.
Posted on Jun 30, 2005
Embroiled in a conflict rooted in personalities, institutional power and different experiences in different industries, unions debate strategy at the spring AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting.
Posted on Apr 6, 2005
The closing of the Galesburg Maytag plant has left manufacturing workers pondering an uncertain future.
Posted on Jan 4, 2005
The challenge for labor – and the Democrats – is straightforward: There aren't enough union members.
Posted on Dec 14, 2004
They destroy community character; they create urban sprawl; and they leave behind ugly, unused hulks as business strategies shift. But the central fight with Wal-Mart is over its economic effects on workers and communities.
Posted on Jun 11, 2004
In the battleground state of Ohio, labor is keeping workers focused on kitchen-table issues, such as the loss of jobs, the export of jobs overseas, and the growing healthcare crisis.
Posted on Mar 18, 2004
The economy is a top issue with voters, and how the candidates play the game could make or break their campaigns.
Posted on Feb 26, 2004
When workers try to organize unions, they nearly always face systematic employer opposition, both legal and illegal, that makes union organizing extremely difficult.
Posted on Sep 11, 2003
By encouraging military solutions to the drug war and economic crisis, the U.S. has made a bad situation in Colombia even worse.
Posted on May 6, 2003
Kucinich's outspoken leadership on Iraq, labor, health care, globalization and other issues has the potential to mobilize a movement to give him a very strong standing in next January's party caucus meetings.
Posted on Mar 6, 2003
As the possible economic and social costs of war become clear, the labor movement is growing more skeptical of Bush's plans for Iraq.
Posted on Dec 16, 2002
The corporate world hasn't been this ripe for change since the 1930s -- and the labor movement has wisely seized the offense.
Posted on Oct 10, 2002
There are many lessons to be learned from the collapse of the bubble economy and the scandals of corporate financial skullduggery, but the White House hasn't learned any of them. Here are 10 for starters.
Posted on Sep 25, 2002
The labor movement is taking on new life among immigrants working in Chicago's hospitality industry.
Posted on Aug 13, 2002
Labor organizers and environmentalists often bump heads over energy issues. But with Bush and Cheney in the White House, the two must make friends and focus on their mutual opponent.
Posted on May 7, 2002
Is the choice between the environment and economic justice a false one? Now more than ever before, labor and greens must join forces to stop Bush's assault on the planet.
Posted on Mar 28, 2002
Despite bumps in the road, John Sweeney is turning the labor movement toward more aggressive organizing, political molbilization and advocacy for working people.
Posted on Aug 28, 2001
The next big domestic political battle -- fast track -- would push trade deals through Congress with minimal debate. It was defeated before, but the new politics is clamouring for free trade.
Posted on Jul 3, 2001
Thousands of protesters send out an SOS in Quebec: Governments are giving corporations free rein to negotiate a hemispheric trade pact.
Posted on Apr 23, 2001
During his first months in the White House, George W. Bush has already tilted politics against worker safety and for tax giveaways to the rich, but on one front -- trade and global economic agreements -- there has been remarkable continuity from the Clinton era.
Posted on Mar 27, 2001
Since the sweatshop issue hit national consciousness in 1995, says one activist, "We have had more brilliant success than anyone could have dreamed." While organized labor and human rights groups contributed much to that success, many other fronts also contributed: shareholder battles, legislative debates, international regulations, lawsuits and purchasing guidelines. David Moberg argues that technical solutions are less important than building a comprehensive movement that can grow and sustain itself for the long haul.
Posted on Jun 13, 2000
