When Will Cintas Learn?
For the fifth time since the tragic death of Cintas worker Eleazar Torres Gomez at a Tulsa, Oklahoma laundry facility,...
October 2007 Archives
October 31, 2007
October 29, 2007
Has FedEx Hired Santa Claus?
Any five year-old can tell you that there is only one individual out there who could really make “The...
October 26, 2007
Rebuilding New Orleans, Two Years On
I spent the latter half of last week in New Orleans, attending the convention of the International Labor Communications Association...
October 23, 2007
Misclassification Allegations Hit Blackwater
Do you think that employee misclassification -- the scam where corporations claim their employees are "independent contractors" rather than full-time...
October 19, 2007
The SCHIP Roll Call
A New York Times blog post today lists the roll call from yesterday's house vote on the State Children's Health...
October 15, 2007
Business Groups and Allies in Congress Push for Cheap Immigrant Labor
The AgJobs bill (S. 340/H.R. 371) -- a compromise reached between farm workers and growers -- would streamline the H-2A visa...
October 12, 2007
Gross Income Inequality
New IRS Data based on the adjusted gross income in a large sample of tax returns shows income inequality in...
October 10, 2007
That's What They Call a Win-Win
Here's a great story in Slate by Emily Bazelon on the alliance between labor activists and environmentalists in Southern...
Huckabee: Unions are the Future
At least one Republican presidential candidate understands growing economic inequality in the American economy and that joining a union can...
October 3, 2007
Bush Says NO to Children's Health Care, Wagons
Thought Bush's veto of SCHIP was heartless? Yesterday, the White House turned away children who hauled mailbags of petitions to...
October 2, 2007
CtW Convention 2007: Barack Obama
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) joined the Change to Win Convention in Chicago on September 25 to share with us his...
CtW Convention 2007: John Edwards
Former North Carolina Senator and current Presidential candidate John Edwards joined the Change to Win Convention in Chicago on September...
CtW Convention 2007: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Senator and Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) was scheduled to address the 2007 Convention, but unfortunately travel difficulties left...
October 1, 2007
Workers Win at UPS
Two big announcements today from the Teamsters! The first is a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract that...
CtW Convention 2007: Resolutions Passed
The convention wasn't all about candidates and speeches. Two resolutions were introduced; both were passed unanimously. Here are key excerpts...