democracy – Page 126 – People's World

AFL-CIO backs “people’s movement” in Middle East

August 5, 2011 By James Parks

The executive council praised the role workers and independent trade unions are playing in the popular mobilizations against corrupt, oppressive regimes.

Unions say “voter ID” is Jim Crow revisited

August 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO is mapping plans to educate its members, other workers and the wider electorate in how to overcome efforts to suppress the right to vote.

Florida legislators derailing democracy

August 3, 2011 By Joshua Leclair

Voters approved amendments to protect voting rights and prevent political gerrymandering, but legislators are stalling their implementation.

Unions hit GOP’s “Boeing Bill”

July 22, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

What it really is, union leaders say, is a move to strip the NLRB of much of its power to rule for and protect workers' rights.

Holding Americans hostage

July 22, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

The problem is not so much a "gang of six" now making deals, but the gang that took over the House of Representatives and statehouses and governorships across the country last fall.