Labor
FAA shutdown and labor’s unhappy anniversary
August 8, 2011It was 30 years ago this month that Ronald Reagan struck the blow that sent the American labor movement tumbling into a decline it's still struggling to reverse.
Read moreRight wing running scared in Wisconsin
August 5, 2011With the first big electoral test of whether organized labor can successfully push back at the polls against the radical right, it is apparent here that labor's opponents are running scared.
Read moreDebt deal: Time for diplomacy is over
August 4, 2011The Republicans are no ordinary opposition party with whom the Democrats can have amicable differences. They are racist, anti-labor, anti-democratic extremists, beholden to fascist-minded billionaires.
Read moreJobs with Justice: Now more than ever
August 2, 2011Jobs with Justice enters its 25th year facing incredible challenges. In the wake of the just agreed to debt ceiling fight the whole working class faces even greater attack and pain.
Read moreLabor says jobs deficit is the real crisis
August 2, 2011Labor leaders say the nation's real crisis is not a debt crisis but an unemployment crisis and spending cuts could, in fact, spiral the country into an even deeper recession.
Read more