Yesterday at the Cooper Union in New York City, the American Dream candidate, Senator Barack Obama, gave a wide-ranging speech on economic matters and what actions are needed to restore the American Dream for everybody: Obama powerfully illustrated how much...
Last month I told you about the launch of the Shame on Elaine campaign, which aimed to expose Elaine Chao's shameful record of anti-worker efforts during her tenure as George Bush's Secretary of Labor. Well, since the campaign launched,...
So saith Keith Olbermann on his nightly news broadcast on MSNBC, Countdown: The St. Louis Post Dispatch has more: The family of a Missouri woman must reimburse Wal-Mart for nearly a half-million dollars in medical expenses now that the U.S....
At a press conference on yesterday’s release of the latest Trustees’ report on Social Security and Medicare, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson and the rest of the Bush Administration’s usual suspects called Social Security “financially unsustainable” because of “the...
Today in Greensboro, North Carolina, Senator Barack Obama took on the unbearable lightness of John McCain's economic policies: [McCain] said that the best way for us to address the fact that millions of Americans are losing their homes is to...
[ Note: With this post, we're happy to introduce our first guestblogger here at CtW Connect! Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY) is the Congresswoman representing New York's 28th Congressional District, which includes the cities of Rochester, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls....
The Washington Post has a good look today at just how burdensome out-of-control health care costs have become, for workers and corporations alike: Recent history has not been kind to working-class Americans, who were down on the economy long before...
If you haven't seen it already, the United Farm Workers have put up an excellent online resource center on UFW co-founder and tireless activist for farmworker justice Cesar Chavez. Find it at: http://www.ufw.org/cesarchavez The resource center includes audio and...
As he left the Constitutional Convention in 1787, having signed the document that still serves as the bedrock of our national life today, Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of government had been constructed for the newly United States....
Just weeks after an Imperial Sugar plant in Georgia was devastated by a combustible dust explosion (which claimed another life last Friday, bringing the death toll to thirteen), it is discovered that another Imperial plant -- this one in Gramercy,...
One of the great myths of this election is that there is a distinction between national security and economic policy. The reality is however, with a war that has thus far cost well over a trillion dollars, one’s position on...
Senator Barack Obama in Fairless Hills, PA on March 11: Highlights: You know, the best-run companies, I notice, are the ones that are not afraid of union drives, because they know that if they've got a cooperative workforce that feels...
OSHA never ceases to amaze. After weeks of controversy around their unwillingness to protect workers from combustible dust, late last week they announced that they had finally done something on the matter. What had they done, exactly? Put up a...
Change to Win Chair Anna Burger's official statement on the March 4 primaries: The aggressive education and mobilization efforts of the Change to Win unions in yesterday’s key primary election states played a crucial role in turning out union members...
... here's a good rundown of all the support that workers in Change to Win unions are giving Senator Barack Obama in today's primary states: Thousands of Change to Win activists -- many who are getting involved for the first...
On February 20, I wrote in this space about OSHA's inaction on the problem of "combustible dust" -- invisible particles that build up in some workplaces, creating a dangerous risk of explosions -- and how that inaction led to the...
Today, we released the latest in our ongoing series of American Dream Surveys, tracking how America's workers see the future of the American Dream. If you want the raw data, here's a link to the survey topline in PDF...
You've probably seen the charges that have been circulating that Barack Obama has been misrepresenting his positions on trade. Today, Change to Win leaders issued the following statement denouncing these smear tactics: Our unions decided to endorse Senator Barack Obama...
