I was disappointed to see Robert J. Samuelson's column in the Washington Post yesterday, "The Impossible Dream", which uses the release of a brace of studies on income inequality by the Pew Charitable Trusts to assert that the American Dream...
We told you on Friday about our condemnation of the Bush Labor Board and its pattern of anti-worker decisions. Now you can join the effort: sign our online declaration and help send the message loud and clear that the...
There was a huge turnout for yesterday's protest at the NLRB against their anti-worker decisions. Here's some pics we took: And the action wasn't just in DC: workers in 20 cities across the country held their own rallies as well....
Today, fewer and fewer workers are able to exercise their right to a union. The result is unprecedented income and wealth inequality, stagnant wages and more Americans without health insurance or retirement benefits. For the first time, Americans don’t believe...
We've written before in this space about the most recent assault on workers' rights by George W. Bush's National Labor Relations Board: [T]he recent NLRB decisions say that the corporate Bush backers are not satisfied. They want the law...
You know, in this crazy mixed-up world, it's good to know that there are people out there who are willing to help you remember what's important in life. People like pundit Jonah Goldberg. Yes, amidst all the hoo-hah about...
Our Executive Director, Greg Tarpinian, blogged in this space a few days ago about the recent spate of anti-worker decisions that just got coughed up by the National Labor Relations Board. Others around the Web are commenting on this, too....
It occurs to me that I should mention we're looking for a few good people to help restore the American Dream! Over on our Job Opportunities page, we have a bunch of positions available with CtW, our affiliate unions, and...
The strike by the 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America to get fairer compensation for their work is generating a lot of great observations around the Web about how unions can benefit all kinds of working people. The...
With its term coming to an end, the Bush Administration's craven fealty to the most extreme interests of corporate America is reaching unprecedented heights in agency rule making throughout the government. It is hard to believe that any is more...
We've written before in this space about celebrity chef Paula Deen's endorsement deal with Smithfield - a deal that she has clung to even when confronted with the facts about Smithfield's abysmal treatment of its workers in its plant...
(This entry cross-posted at the Huffington Post) You have to give it to Henry Kravis. Few people would have the nerve to stand up in front of a crowd of pension fund and other institutional investors and joke about jacking...
In the wake of Congress's failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement administration (ICE) has stepped up operations in recent months with military-style raids at worksites around the country. These enforcement-only measures may work Lou Dobbs and his...
