Labor

Colorado and around the U.S.: Workers hit streets vs. Big Oil & McCain

Unions begin big election effort

Targets include South, Midwest and ‘Ohio, Ohio, Ohio’With the primary season over, labor is wasting no time jumping into the fall campaign. The 10-million-member AFL-CIO is expected to endorse Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee,...

GOP blocks jobless benefit extension

Congressional allies of President Bush scraped up just enough enemies of workers on Capitol Hill June 11 to ensure that a Democratic move to extend unemployment benefits fell short by three votes. Democrats brought the measure...

Labor and lawmakers unveil new trade bill, take steps to undo years of ‘SHAFTA’

Union and congressional leaders announced June 5 that they are backing a new trade bill that works for workers, not just for giant multinationals. If it becomes law, the president will be required to review all...

Worst jobless stats in 20 years only the tip of the iceberg

The announcement June 6 that the jump in the unemployment rate is the worst in more than a generation resulted in a few corporate analysts admitting we are now in an economy that has probably “stalled.”...