... is that the economy is doing badly enough to be a major cause for concern. A Wall Street Journal/NBC national poll from last month (PDF) asked respondents what issues the Federal government should take as its highest priority to address....
David Brooks (NY Times, A Reality-Based Economy, July 24) cherry-picks data to claim that today’s economic reality is going better than some politicians say. But concern about the national economy is real. 64% of workers say the economy is...
Today in American Prospect's Beat the Press, Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, gives a point-by-point rebuttal of yesterday's NY Times column by David Brooks, A Reality-Based Economy....
Michael Moore's movie "Sicko" made the point that it was not focusing on the uninsured, but on those "who have insurance." It showed how working people "who have health care coverage" have, in fact, woefully inadequate insurance that can still...
Long overdue, the nation’s most underpaid workers got their first raise in a decade today, thanks to the nation-wide effort of thousands of workers and their allies who united to put pressure on lawmakers. The federal minimum wage rose...
Here's an "up yours" response from one New York Times reader to President Bush's preventative colonoscopy in light of the president's recent Antoinette-esque statement on health care. Bush was quoted saying: “I mean, people have access to health care in America. After all, you just go...
In case you missed the big blurb on our homepage this morning, the Southern California grocery workers voted overwhelmingly over the weekend to approve the new contract agreement they had reached with the grocery chains. So it's not "tentative" anymore,...
Regarding the UFW's victory at Threemile, here's a message to all of you from UFW President Arturo Rodriguez:...
Gov. Ted Strickland signs executive order that allows nurses and direct care aides who are independent contractors to choose a union Approximately 7000 home health care workers in Ohio and their families have cause for celebration. Gov. Ted Strickland signed an...
Two bits of great news in a row! I like this week :-) Grocery workers in Southern California (members of UFCW) have reached a tentative contract agreement with three major grocery chains: Grocery workers in Southern California and three major...
Great news today from our brothers and sisters at the United Farm Workers: THREEMILE CANYON FARMS AND UFW SIGN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (July 16, 2007, Boardman, OR) Threemile Canyon Farms and the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) announced today that...
There's a fascinating story in the New York Times today on how the rise of a new class of billionaires marks our time as a New Gilded Age: These days, Mr. [Sanford] Weill and many of the nation’s very wealthy...
Change to Win led a Brookings Institution panel today titled Economic Anxiety and the American Dream. The discussion centered on the Working American Dream Agenda survey, conducted by Lake Research Partners on behalf of Change to Win. Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change...
Janitors in three Midwestern cities -- Columbus, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati -- have joined together to help each other reach the American Dream. A janitor in the region can earn as little as $28 per day, without health or any other benefits. ...
It's no secret that our middle class is under attack. No serious presidential candidate is denying that working America faces stagnant wages, rising health care costs and retirement insecurity, all of which put the American Dream at risk. But a new...
Since Greg mentioned "Sicko", I thought you all might be interested in watching Michael Moore take Wolf Blitzer behind the woodshed yesterday after a report by CNN correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta cast doubt on the facts he cited in the...
We live in a country where a rich man's dog receives better medical care than millions of our citizens. "Sicko," Michael Moore's new documentary about the U.S. health care system, helps explain how we have reached such a shameful state...
Amid record corporate profits and an uneven economic recovery, public opinion nonetheless suggests increasing economic anxiety among middle-class Americans. A recent survey conducted by Change to Win and Lake Research Partners reveals growing pessimism among American workers, disengagement from...
Caremark director election highlights troubles (Associated Press) Labor Unions Without Borders (US News & World Report)...
A civil trial begins today in Birmingham, Alabama, where lawyers for the International Labor Rights Fund and the United Steelworkers will present evidence that the mining company Drummond Co. hired hitmen to kill two union leaders in Colombia. The union has...
Neil Cavuto spewing propaganda for terrorists? The Fox News (?) network journalist (?) is blaming the UK's national healthcare program for last week's terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport. Health care expert (?) Jerry Bowyer was on the show with evidence...
Yes! Labor Linkage has returned! Try to contain your excitement. Feds OK union election at FedEx in Wilmington (Wilmington Advocate) Union Busting is Big Business (Minuteman Media) Give me $6.6 million... or you're all fired! (Union Review) Europe heads to beach, America...
American Eagle Outfitters paid its CEO a whopping $15.3 million in 2006, according to a May 1st proxy statement, or 668 times the median annual earnings for a retail salesperson. The company’s board came up with that figure by setting...
Change to Win Executive Director Greg Tarpinian received a standing ovation from delegates at the Utility Workers Union of America’s annual convention in Cincinnati, OH last Friday as he detailed Change to Win’s plan to bring the American Dream...
Embattled CVS/Caremark director Roger Headrick is stepping down from the company's board amid shareholder demands for accountability for past failures and scrutiny over the impact of broker votes on his election. The CtW Investment Group, which organizes workers' capital into an effective voice...
Documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald has launched a new campaign to raise public awareness about the wages and benefits issues faced by supermarket workers nationwide. Add your voice to improve the lives of supermarket workers and their families. ...
