Elections
After Supreme Court ruling, unions fear opening of corporate cash floodgates
February 2, 2010Leaders of the nation's largest unions came out in unanimous opposition to the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows corporations to spend as much as they like to influence the outcome of elections in the United...
Read moreLabor’s big election loss
January 29, 2010The Senate Democrats loss of a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority seems almost certain to doom attempts to revive the barely functioning National Labor Relations Board, the country¹s chief labor law administrator and enforcer.
Read moreOskar Lafontaine and the troubled German Left
January 28, 2010BERLIN -- While German politicians stared at the calendar, wondering nervously what the May 9 elections will bring in the biggest state, North Rhine-Westphalia, with its 18 million people, media attention suddenly switched to a personal...
Read moreObama brings ‘shot in the arm’ to hard-hit Ohio
January 25, 2010ELYRIA, Ohio - Lorain County, ravaged by closed plants, budget crises and double-digit unemployment, gave President Obama an enthusiastic welcome Friday.
Read moreMassachusetts election lesson: “Don’t Mourn, Organize!”
January 25, 2010"Don't Mourn, Organize!" This is the growing call from labor and progressive forces following the upset election in Massachusetts.
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