Labor
British workers stage massive protest against cuts
March 28, 2011On the streets of London on Saturday three-quarters of a million people staged the biggest protest yet in the fightback against the Tory-led coalition's brutal cuts program.
Read moreMaine’s governor assaults the dignity of working people
March 25, 2011Having been raised in Maine, son of a lineman and a mother and stepmother who were state workers, I am infuriated that the Republican governor there has ordered the removal of mural that depicts the role...
Read moreWorkers target bank backing Gov. Walker
March 24, 2011The Marshall & Ilesley Bank, the largest in Wisconsin, with branches throughout the Midwest has become the target of the Sheet Metal Workers and their union brothers and sisters in Canada.
Read moreBanker’s deficit solution: work longer with less pay and half the benefits
March 23, 2011Many children were working in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory when fire broke out. Such conditions, if Republicans have their way, may again become commonplace.
Read moreRouting the barbarians at the gate
March 22, 2011The right-wing offensive is backfiring. But the battle is far from won.
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