March 2008 Archives

March 28, 2008

"The Bedrock of Our Economic Success is the American Dream"

Yesterday at the Cooper Union in New York City, the American Dream candidate, Senator Barack Obama, gave a wide-ranging speech...

March 27, 2008

Head, Meet Sand

Last month I told you about the launch of the Shame on Elaine campaign, which aimed to expose Elaine...

Wal-Mart: Worst Person in the World

So saith Keith Olbermann on his nightly news broadcast on MSNBC, Countdown: The St. Louis Post Dispatch has more: The...

March 26, 2008

Unsustainable? Puhleeeeze!

At a press conference on yesterday’s release of the latest Trustees’ report on Social Security and Medicare, Treasury Secretary...

Calling Out McCainonomics

Today in Greensboro, North Carolina, Senator Barack Obama took on the unbearable lightness of John McCain's economic policies: [McCain] said...

March 25, 2008

Whose Side Are You On?

[ Note: With this post, we're happy to introduce our first guestblogger here at CtW Connect! Rep. Louise M. Slaughter...

March 24, 2008

The Cost of Not Fixing the Health Care System

The Washington Post has a good look today at just how burdensome out-of-control health care costs have become, for workers...

March 20, 2008

Check It Out: The New Cesar Chavez Action and Information Center

If you haven't seen it already, the United Farm Workers have put up an excellent online resource center on...

March 19, 2008

What Obama Did

As he left the Constitutional Convention in 1787, having signed the document that still serves as the bedrock of...

March 18, 2008

"A Little Bit Disappointed"

Just weeks after an Imperial Sugar plant in Georgia was devastated by a combustible dust explosion (which claimed another life...

March 17, 2008

War Is Economic Policy

One of the great myths of this election is that there is a distinction between national security and economic policy....

March 14, 2008

"I Trust the American Workforce"

Senator Barack Obama in Fairless Hills, PA on March 11: Highlights: You know, the best-run companies, I notice, are the...

March 10, 2008

OSHA to Workers: You Can't Have a Rule Protecting You From Combustible Dust Explosions. But You CAN Have a Web Page!

OSHA never ceases to amaze. After weeks of controversy around their unwillingness to protect workers from combustible dust, late last...

March 6, 2008

Making the Difference for Obama

Change to Win Chair Anna Burger's official statement on the March 4 primaries: The aggressive education and mobilization efforts of...

March 4, 2008

In Case You Were Curious

... here's a good rundown of all the support that workers in Change to Win unions are giving Senator Barack...

OSHA to Workers: All Right, All Right, We'll Check if Your Workplace is About to Explode. But Just This Once!

On February 20, I wrote in this space about OSHA's inaction on the problem of "combustible dust" -- invisible particles...

March 3, 2008

Barack Obama: The American Dream Candidate

Today, we released the latest in our ongoing series of American Dream Surveys, tracking how America's workers see the...

CtW Leaders Stand With Obama on Trade

You've probably seen the charges that have been circulating that Barack Obama has been misrepresenting his positions on trade. Today,...