Good News, Everyone!
I received word today that CtW Connect has been credentialed to cover the Democratic National Convention in Denver this...
May 2008 Archives
May 30, 2008
May 29, 2008
Silicon Valley Janitors Win Better Wages, Healthcare, Benefits
A week ago, I wrote about how janitors at high-tech companies across Silicon Valley were walking out on strike...
May 28, 2008
Watching the Detectives
Apparently even though they felt their financial situation was so dire they had to fire their 3,400 most productive...
May 27, 2008
Stopping the Misclassification Scam
CtW Executive Director Greg Tarpinian calls out the corporate scam of "misclassification" -- and challenges Congress to stop it --...
May 22, 2008
Now Who Will Vacuum Up All the Cheeto Dust?
Picture by Flickr user thp365 Janitors who work in the San Francisco Bay Area at some of the world's...
May 20, 2008
Change To Win: Pushing Obama To Victory In Oregon
Change to Win members have been working hard to help The American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack Obama, win a...
May 19, 2008
This Injustice Brought to You by the Letter "U"
... "U" for "Unfair", that is. The story begins on May 9, when organizers from the United Farm Workers...
May 15, 2008
Two Million Workers Denied the American Dream
Imagine if every single person in the city of Houston, Texas had to endure a cruddy job with low...
May 13, 2008
Colombian Workers Speak Out Against Colombia FTA
Paramilitary death squads in Colombia have systematically assassinated thousands of workers over the past twenty years for attempting to organize...
Working People Can Make the Difference This Fall
Good think-piece in today's Politico by former Democratic House leader Martin Frost on how working people's votes will be key...
May 12, 2008
Circuit City Surrenders to Reality
Oh, Circuit City. What will we do when we don't have you to kick around anymore? If you've been...
The Kids Are All Right
I had the good fortune to attend the "A Better Deal Conference" last Friday, which brought together young progressive...
May 7, 2008
The End of the Beginning
The results are in from yesterday's Democratic primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, and it's hard to see how...
May 2, 2008
George Bush Doesn't Care About Exploding People
We’ve written extensively in this space on the problem of combustible dust explosions. There’s been some activity on this...
