Tim Wheeler
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler
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Victory for long term care, but sharp fight to protect rural health care
May 23, 2019It is a war on two fronts, a case of government giving with one hand and taking away with the other.
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The fighting history of Earl George, for worker rights, equality
May 22, 2019Tim Wheeler recalls the profound influence Earl George had on him and his family, as well as his great contributions to the ILWU and the Daily World.
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Boeing engineers: Company was negligent, Trump’s FAA undermined inspections
May 9, 2019The privatization of safety inspections is a classic case of Boeing assigning the fox to guard the henhouse.
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Seattle Labor Chorus sings of 1919 General Strike
April 18, 2019Workers from 100 unions a century ago walked off their jobs in solidarity with striking Seattle and Tacoma shipyard workers, idling the city for five days.
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The Resistance and the elections are reasons for Thanksgiving this year
November 13, 2018On Thanksgiving, give thanks to the grassroots movements and all their candidates who barnstormed across the nation and rallied the voters to oust right-wing Republicans.
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Hanford nuke workers win health and safety deal
September 25, 2018The U.S. Department of Energy signed an agreement to install scrubbers to remove poisonous vapors leaking from more than 700 tanks filled with radioactive wastes.
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Remembering Harold Wade Jr. and Benjamin J. Davis Jr.
June 4, 2018Amherst College's two most famous Black graduates never made a secret of which side they were on.
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Pennsylvania election lesson: Infrastructure jobs can win 2018 midterms
March 19, 2018The takeaway from Conor Lamb's election win: Infrastructure jobs are the Democrats' ticket to victory in 2018.
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