David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. April 18, 2008. The government's policy toward unions is marked by the same political cowardice and worker repression that brought on the Ludlow Massacre.
José A. Laguarta Ramírez, Labor Notes. April 1, 2008. The strike was the first held in defiance of a 1998 territorial law that prohibits public-sector workers from striking.
David Moberg, In These Times. March 24, 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.
Jessehaf, Brave New Films AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 4, 2008. Hillary is currently the top recipient of campaign contributions from Wal-Mart executives, taking in more than Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee.
Tula Connell, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. February 28, 2008. Union-busting is a $4 billion industry in the United States. The same hasn't been true in Europe. Until now.
Mark Brenner, Mischa Gaus, Chris Kutalik, Labor Notes. January 15, 2008. In recent years, working people have made huge givebacks under the gun of employers, courts, and (yes, even) union officials.
Will Tanzman, AlterNet. January 3, 2008. Tony Mazzocchi was a leader in the movement to make industrial production less harmful to workers and the natural environment.
Bernard Crick, Comment Is Free. December 5, 2007. Slavery may be outlawed, but as a group of workers in Florida show, some battles still need fighting.
Colin Asher, San Francisco Chronicle. October 24, 2007. Workers groups fight for the rights of young transient laborers in a radically changed economy.
Amy Traub, AlterNet: PEEK. June 25, 2007. Amy Traub: The Senate votes tomorrow on a bill that can determine the fate of America's middle class (and anyone trying to work his or her way into the middle class).
David Sirota, AlterNet: PEEK. March 16, 2007. David Sirota: Call to discuss the national campaign to stop "fast track" trade authority that has diminished labor, human rights and environmental standards.
Elana Levin, AlterNet: Video. March 6, 2007. Elana Levin: Rep. Miller: "I know it's hard to change your stripes, and some of you'll be wearing stripes..."
Robert Nathan, Jo-Ann Mort, The Nation. February 23, 2007. "Unionized" isn't a word you hear in many American movies. In time for the Academy Awards, here's a look at the dearth of films about working class life.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. November 2, 2006. SEIU President Andy Stern is optimistic about improving life for the middle class -- and improving our economy at the same time. His new book suggests how it can happen.
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