labor movement
Amy Dean: Labor must build “to challenge power”
November 19, 2010To re-build the American labor movement we “can’t use the same tired old strategies and tactics,” Amy B. Dean told union members and community activists here at the Friends of the People’s World 7th Annual ‘Working...
Read moreHow Connecticut bucked the nation
November 10, 2010Two weeks before election day, an unnamed outside Republican business group poured $1 million into vicious ads attacking Democratic incumbent Rep. Chris Murphy in the 5th Congressional District, claiming he voted for "Viagra for sex offenders."
Read moreTexas election results aren’t funny
November 3, 2010The second largest delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, already heavily leaning to the right, tilted drastically further on November 2.
Read moreAn eagle’s eye approach to immigration reform
July 21, 2010Like most challenges immigration reform is and always has been an uphill battle. Today many agree it’s a human and civil rights issue.
Read moreFight for finance reform next in the national spotlight
March 25, 2010As they celebrate their success with health care reform labor and its allies are already focusing on strengthening the financial reform legislation just approved by the Senate Banking Committee.
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