activism

Unemployed rally in Chicago after elections

November 10, 2010 By Scott Marshall

The Chicago Unemployed Workers Council, a project of Chicago Jobs with Justice, staged a jobs demonstration last Friday to coincide with the release of unemployed figures for October.

KPFA workers fight sudden layoffs

November 9, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

Pacifica management recently laid off the entire staff of the station's highly popular Morning Show, which airs weekdays from 7 to 9 a.m. at 94.1 FM.

Constitutional amendment for right to work needed

November 5, 2010 By Fred Whitehead

Given the worst losses for the Democrats in Congress in the last 50 years, some serious rethinking seems called for.

Labor volunteers keep on going in the final hours

November 2, 2010 By John Wojcik

On Election Day today union members are continuing their push right up until the polls close.

Fight brews over state child care funds

November 1, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

Parents, child care providers and Democratic state legislators are waging a dramatic battle to reverse one of Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's most controversial line item vetoes.