Providing a Bridge to the Middle Class
A few days ago, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) released a fascinating report that confirms a lot...
February 2008 Archives
February 29, 2008
February 26, 2008
National Commission on ICE Misconduct Holds First Hearing
The UFCW, along with leading labor and civil rights specialists held the first in a series of nationwide hearings...
February 21, 2008
Fired Up, Ready to Go: Change to Win Endorses Sen. Barack Obama for President
In a few minutes, we will make the official announcement to the media that Change to Win is endorsing...
February 20, 2008
It's Past Time to Protect Workers from Combustible Dust
On Friday, February 8, the Imperial Sugar processing plant in Port Wentworth, Georgia, exploded. The explosion killed at least eight...
February 19, 2008
Teamsters Rally to Fire Mary Peters
Remember when I told you last week that the Teamsters were going to be rallying in San Francisco last week...
February 14, 2008
The Glass is Half Full! OF DEBT
Anyone following the op-ed pages of the New York Times over the last few days would have been treated...
February 13, 2008
"One Day I Will Never Forget"
The House of Representatives' Committee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law is hearing testimony right now...
A Question For You
If you had to guess what each of the dots on the map above represented, what would you guess?...
February 12, 2008
Shame on Elaine
The always-excellent American Rights at Work has launched a new site today titled "Shame on Elaine" that exposes the...
New York Cracks Down on Misclassification
We told you back in September about a task force set up by New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to...
February 11, 2008
Montreal Cintas Employees Form First Union in Company History
A group of Cintas employees in Montreal have become the first ever Cintas workers to successfully join together in a...
Green Jobs, Good Jobs
We've probably all heard somebody assert at some point that there's a tradeoff between economic prosperity and environmental friendliness....
Rally to Fire Mary Peters Tomorrow in San Francisco
If you're in the Bay Area and you want to protest Transportation Secretary Mary Peters' disregard for the law and...
February 7, 2008
Improved Stimulus Package Fails in Senate By Single Vote; Chamber Passes GOP Alternative Instead
Well, the Senate voted last night on the improved stimulus package I've been posting about, and thanks to obstructionist Republican...
Sure, We Might Fire You Suddenly to Cut Costs. But We Gave You a Pair of Black Jeans!
I've blogged before in this space about the continual flailing of Circuit City ever since they decided last spring...
"A Hopeful Year for Unions"
In reference to the 2007 uptick in union membership that we noted on January 26th, there's a good editorial...
February 6, 2008
Fire Mary Peters
How could we make America's highways safer? The Teamsters have one suggestion: Fire Mary Peters. Peters is George Bush's Secretary...
February 5, 2008
Take Action: Tell the Senate to Fix the Stimulus Package
Speaking of the need for a real stimulus package, you can help make it a reality. The Senate will be...
February 4, 2008
From the "Truth is Stranger than Fiction" Department
Courtesy of the OSHA Underground blog, I discover that you can buy OSHA compliance training from none other than... Cintas:...
Real Stimulus, Please
There was some good sense being made in the pages of the nation's newspapers over the weekend. One example could...