Tim Wheeler

Tim Wheeler has written over 10,000 news reports, exposés, op-eds, and commentaries in his half-century as a journalist for the Worker, Daily World, and People’s World. Tim also served as editor of the People’s Weekly World newspaper. His book News for the 99% is a selection of his writings over the last 50 years representing a history of the nation and the world from a working-class point of view. After residing in Baltimore for many years, Tim now lives in Sequim, Wash.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler

Labor

“Rebel Girl” Gurley Flynn inducted into Labor Hall of Fame
May 18, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
"We stand on the shoulders of giants," Teamsters President James Hoffa said to hundreds of people at the induction ceremony, held at Teamsters headquarters.
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Labor

Unionbusters target crews that run Washington’s ferry boats
April 7, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
The ferry system in Washington is a beloved mode of travel, a throwback to simpler times, renowned for safe, reliable service, yet lawmakers are trying to strip ferry workers of their collective bargaining rights.
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Labor

2,000 rally for union rights on U.S.-Canada border
April 4, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
Union members from Canada and the United States rallied at Peace Arch Park on the U.S.-Canada border, April 2, as part of the April 4 week of We Are One events.
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U.S.

“Odd couple” backs BUILD Act for jobs
March 31, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
The leaders of the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to push a law that would create millions of well-paid jobs.
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Labor

Labor stalwart Irene Hull dies at 98
March 24, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
Irene Hull, a beloved "tiny dynamo" fighter for trade union rights, world peace, equality, and socialism died on the first day of spring, March 20 in Seattle.
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U.S.

1,000 in Olympia: Put people first, close tax loopholes
March 21, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
The legislature is grappling with budget deficits estimated at $5.1 billion, yet ballot initiatives pushed through by Republican extremists last November block every measure to increase revenues.
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U.S.

Attacks on public workers put women in bulls’-eye
March 16, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
Women are calling Republican budget cuts and attacks on public employees a double-barreled "war on women."
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U.S.

Feeling kinship with Japan’s tsunami victims
March 15, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
Posted prominently beside the road leading out of town at the mouth of the Dungeness River is a sign, "Tsunami Evacuation Route." In the past we paid little attention to it. But we are now.
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