Looking Back on 2007
Well, we've come to the end of 2007 so it's a good time to look back. Here's a few of...
December 2007 Archives
December 31, 2007
December 23, 2007
Bob Herbert is Making Sense
... in his column in Saturday's New York Times: Christmastime is bonus time on Wall Street, and the Gucci set...
FedEx Fined Millions by IRS For Misclassifying Workers
You may remember that back in October we called out FedEx Ground for scamming the workers who make it a...
December 21, 2007
Report Roundup!
The last few weeks have seen a slew of interesting new reports that speak directly to the prospects workers have...
December 17, 2007
Nobody Could Have Seen THIS Coming. Right?
Back in March, in a truly boneheaded cost-cutting maneuver, Circuit City decided to lay off 3,400 of their highest-performing...
December 13, 2007
UNITE HERE Worker Testifies on NLRB Failures
Members of Congress heard firsthand today how real workers are affected by the Bush-appointed National Labor Relations Board’s failure...
December 12, 2007
The ICE Raids: One Year Later
Today marks the one year anniversary of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s (ICE) raids of Swift and Co. meatpacking...
December 11, 2007
Swing Voters, 2008, and the American Dream
Today we released the latest in our continuing series of public opinion surveys about the future of the American Dream....
Keeping an "Eye on the NLRB"
Good news today from American Rights at Work -- they've expanded their monthly newsletter, "Eye on the NLRB", into a...
December 6, 2007
How Many Mansions Does One Guy Need, Anyway?
We've written before in this space about the towering greed of billionaire Henry Kravis. Now filmmaker Robert Greenwald has put...