David Bacon, The Nation. November 26, 2008. A new administration that has raised such high expectations should look for new ideas, not recycle the bad ones of the last few years.
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. November 20, 2008. The bailout should be used to expand unemployment compensation instead of propping up a single, failing corporation.
Dick Meister, AlterNet. November 19, 2008. Joining a union would not only help young workers improve their own status, it'd halt a steady decline in union strength.
Kim Moody, Labor Notes. October 29, 2008. Despite innovations in unionizing through the card check process, a bold initiative waiting in Congress is the big hope.
Frank Joyce, AlterNet. October 23, 2008. Debt it is an important shaper of political and economic consciousness. The more you are in debt, the less likely you are to rock the boat.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 20, 2008. Americans are working longer hours and taking less time off -- an unhealthy habit that heightens stress and lowers life expectancy.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. September 5, 2008. Corporate honchos and bought-off lawmakers are trying to kill a proposal that makes it easier to join a union.
David Moberg, The Nation. September 1, 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.
Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times. August 19, 2008. Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films teams up with the AFL-CIO and SEIU to make "McCain's Mansions: the Real Elitist."
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 8, 2008. Big business has prepared a war chest of at least $150 million to stop progressive economic legislation that would seriously tax the rich.
Angela Kelley, Huffington Post AlterNet: Immigration. August 7, 2008. "The U.S. needs a practical, fair, and reasonable solution to immigration that includes smart enforcement measures."
Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. August 5, 2008. My grandfathers, like many other illegal immigrants, helped usher in the world's greatest period of working class prosperity.
Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. July 31, 2008. Opposition from growers has halted the implementation of a deal ensuring fairer treatment of Immokalee farmworkers.
Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes. July 24, 2008. In an era when many unions rely on one-shot strategies, UNITE HERE's Hotel Workers Rising campaign is paying off.
Frei Betto, Latin America in Movement. July 16, 2008. The average price of food has tripled in the last twelve months. We may soon be buying our groceries from a boutique.
Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. July 8, 2008. Labor's leaders understand that immigrant workers are valuable as allies, not competitors, but they haven't done enough to educate the rank-and-file.
Amie Newman, RH Reality Check AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. June 18, 2008. Docs' resolution to ban home birth seen as "pushback" against talk show host.
