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  • Organize! Army of union stewards deploys for Employee Free Choice Act

    Organize! Army of union stewards deploys for Employee Free Choice Act

    December 15, 2006

    WASHINGTON — “Union power’s on the rise, now’s the time to organize!” More than 1,000 union members took up that chant as they marched to Capitol Hill, Dec. 8, still riding high from labor’s huge victory...

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  • Texas farm workers La Huelga 40th anniversary reunion to be held

    Texas farm workers La Huelga 40th anniversary reunion to be held

    December 9, 2006

    There will be a 40th anniversary reunion of the people who participated in and led the historic farm worker’s strike in Starr County, Texas, in 1966-67 and those who helped organize and mobilize to aid the...

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  • Kucinich urges mass march to end Iraq war

    Kucinich urges mass march to end Iraq war

    December 8, 2006

    CLEVELAND — Rep. Dennis Kucinich called on the peace movement to bring a million people to Washington to back legislation to end funding the Iraq war. Speaking to hundreds of cheering delegates at the U.S. Labor...

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  • Labor choruses sing for peace, workers rights

    Labor choruses sing for peace, workers rights

    December 8, 2006

    CD REVIEW The Great Choral Convergence Live Produced by Bobbie Rabinowitz Oasis Recordings, 2006 $14.95 Available at cdbaby.com/cd/greatchoralcon Attend a rally or march these days and your spirits will likely be lifted by a labor chorus...

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  • Ask the Communists

    Ask the Communists

    December 8, 2006

    Q: Can the Communist Party have an influence in America? A: There is still a significant amount of anti-communism in the U.S., though much less than there used to be. We have waged and continue to...

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