Wal-Mart: Anywhere But America
It’s safe to say: Wal-Mart likes to buy from anywhere but America. The retail behemoth’s “Buy America program” has...
June 2007 Archives
June 28, 2007
June 27, 2007
They're On Notice!
By popular demand (check out the comments on yesterday's post!) -- the roll call from yesterday's EFCA vote in...
June 26, 2007
Senate Takes Up Employee Free Choice Act
The Senate took up the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) today. Since the House passed EFCA overwhelmingly back in...
The Private Equity Tax Rip-Off
Where could the U.S. government come up with the money to lift up those Americans hurt most by the rapidly...
June 22, 2007
Rich People Have Problems Too!
... like whether to buy a supersonic personal jet, or just a plain old regular one: The Texas billionaire...
June 20, 2007
Blame The CEO In The Corner Office For Economic Woes, Not The Guy Who Cleans It
Janitor Photo: ©2006 Cameron Davidson Conservative politicians and pundits (and some liberal ones) love to shake their fists about...
CtW Members and Leaders Speak Out for Employee Free Choice Act
Thousands of Change to Win union members rallied outside the U.S. Senate yesterday to tell Senators to pass legislation that...
June 15, 2007
Rally to Tell the Senate: Pass the Employee Free Choice Act!
On June 19, working people from across America will be coming together in Washington, DC to demand that the U.S. Senate...
The New York Times Has An Objection
The NYT Editorial Board stood up for home health care providers today in an editorial criticizing the Labor Department regulation...
Catch Andy Stern on Bill Moyers Journal Tonight
Do you own one of those new-fangled talking picture boxes ("tele-vision", I believe they call it)? Then be sure to...
June 13, 2007
How Sweet It Isn't
The Hershey Company, the makers of the quintessentially American chocolate bar, have announced that they are cutting 11.5% of their...
June 12, 2007
A Follow-Up
Robert Senser raises two points in his comment in response to my post “(Union) Made in China: The Tag Corporate...
Care-Less
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to basic fairness yesterday in Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. V. Coke,...
Today is World Day Against Child Labor
Did you know? June 12 (that's today, at least on this side of the International Date Line) is the International...
June 11, 2007
Hey Grads! Welcome to Reality!
As college kids across America line up to get their diplomas, the New York Times has a splash of cold water for the men...
All In A Day's Work
Cleaning a hotel room is as difficult as construction work? That's what an Ergonomics professor says as reported by the Philadelphia...
The Jerk Store Called...
George Costanza, meet Eliot Spitzer. The New York Governor is in the business of putting jerk employers out of...
June 6, 2007
(Union) Made in China: The Tag Corporate America Doesn't Want You to See
Multinational corporations have been roaming the globe in a race to the bottom, competing solely on which can pay their...
June 1, 2007
Dell: Downsizing, or Decapitating?
"While reductions in head count are always difficult for a company, we know these actions are critical to our ability...
The Question Isn't Why We Went to China -- It's Why Wouldn't We?
There’s no question as to why the modern labor movement would need to pay attention to China. Every major U.S....