Labor
Latest jobs report: Good for Wall Street, bad for workers
September 8, 2006For the last five months, job creation has failed to keep up with demand. But you’d never know that from most news stories.
Read moreStandoff continues in Oaxaca, Mexico
September 7, 2006After a brutal police attack against a radio and television station, a tense standoff continues in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where striking teachers and popular organizations are demanding that right-wing Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz...
Read moreNeed protection from unions? Bush Department of Labor races to rescue
September 1, 2006Anyone who feels that getting protection from their employers is taking away their “rights” will be relieved to learn that the United States Department of Labor, George W. Bush in charge, is racing to the rescue....
Read moreClass struggle is a fact, not a theory
September 1, 2006Let me make something perfectly clear up front. Along with some powerful disagreements, I have a great deal of respect for Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees union. He and his union have made and...
Read moreEDITORIAL: The power of unity
September 1, 2006On Sept. 5, 1882, some 10,000 workers paraded in New York City, organized by the Knights of Labor. That unpaid day off was the start of what later became Labor Day. Today, 104 years later, the...
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