Opinion

The union and I why labor unions are good for labor

September 13, 2008

Workers’ Correspondence I arrived at the University of North Florida (UNF) in the fall of 1979 as an untenured faculty member with two contractual guarantees. The first was the bargaining agreement between the faculty union and...

EDITORIAL: Wrong course after 9/11

September 12, 2008

The seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States passes this week with Americans united in their terrible memories of the loss of life and destruction that resulted from the attack. We are...

Is Freddie Mac REALLY never coming back?

September 9, 2008

The Bush administration seized control this week of the scandal-ridden mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the drive for profits by the corporate executives running them threatened both the financial markets and the entire...

Letters: September 6

September 5, 2008

Needed: new voters It’s no secret that our nation has regular elections and low turnout. This year there is a renewed struggle led by the Obama campaign to change the low turnout with a massive voter...

Editorial: Union organizing helps the economy

September 5, 2008

The labor movement’s nationwide drive to get a minimum of 1 million signatures in support of the Employee Free Choice Act is close to the 75 percent mark. It has caught on like wildfire. In less...