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September 2008 Archives
September 30, 2008
Dear Democrats
I hear you’re in the market for an alternative bailout plan after yesterday’s defeat of the Paulson proposal. So,...
September 26, 2008
There Are Tough Days and Then There Are Tough Days
If you think your September 26 has been stressful, what with banks failing and the economy faltering and all,...
Ending the Nightmare on Main Street
I told you on Wednesday that we had outlined a set of principles that any bailout plan should be following...
Heckuva Job
When you picked up your morning paper, you probably noticed the screaming headlines about how Washington Mutual, one of...
Thank God We Don't Have Universal Health Care
… because our glorious free-market health system ensures that nobody has to wait to see a doctor. Right? Not so...
September 25, 2008
Obama on the Economy, Debates
The American Dream Candidate, Barack Obama, spoke today on what he’s doing to help resolve the economic crisis and why...
September 23, 2008
Bailoutapalooza
If you’re like me, you’ve been watching the ongoing soap opera of the Wall Street Bailout with some trepidation....
September 22, 2008
Because Deregulating the Banks Worked Out So Well
As we consider the enormous damage wrought on our economy by the ideologues who insisted on rolling back common-sense regulation...
September 19, 2008
Why I'm For Obama: Four Workers Speak
I mentioned a few days ago how I had attended a meeting of UFCW shop stewards from the Midwest held...
"Battle in Seattle" Opens Today
I wrote last month about the upcoming release of an important motion picture — “Battle in Seattle” — which tells...
September 17, 2008
Mark's Modest Proposal
Mark Cuban is a maverick businessman who earned nearly $6 billion during the dot-com boom, cashed out before the...
A Plan for Change
If you’re like me, you’ve been watching the extraordinarily serious developments on Wall Street this week and wondering what they...
Meet the Bloggers Meets the Employee Free Choice Act
Great discussion on Friday’s Meet the Bloggers about the importance of the Employee Free Choice Act, with guests Andy Stern...
Pocket Change
I’ve written extensively in this space on the danger posed to workers in some industries by combustible dust, and how...
September 16, 2008
Dayton is Rocking as Workers Unite to Beat McCain
This is a postcard from one corner of the nationwide effort organized labor is making to elect Barack Obama —...
September 15, 2008
John McCain Is Out of Touch, Volume XVIII
This morning’s headlines are all screaming about what the Wall Street Journal calls a “Crisis on Wall Street”: The American...
September 12, 2008
Clean Trucks Plan Can Go Forward, Judge Rules
A big win for both truck drivers who work at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and residents...
Green Recovery
I’ve talked before in this space about the importance of the “green jobs” movement, so I wanted to take a...
September 11, 2008
John McCain Wants to Tax Your Health Care Benefits
Over at TIME Magazine’s political blog, “Swampland”, columnist Joe Klein notes yet another (under-reported) reason why working people shouldn’t vote...
Funny New Video: "Your New Job"
There’s another great video out from American Rights at Work that uses humor to show the importance of passing the...
Mom Was Right, I Should Have Been a Doctor
The Wall Street Journal reports that the only people who saw their real incomes go up during the 2001-2007 economic...
September 5, 2008
Reeeeeeeal McCain of Genius
The Worse than Bush campaign released its first video today — a parody hitting John McCain for owning so many...
Unemployment Up For Eighth Straight Month
Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly employment report, and it’s not good: we’ve now seen eight straight...
September 4, 2008
See-Saw
I’ve told you before about the big money that Big Business is spending to mislead people about the Employee Free...
Let's Put Everybody's Retirement Money in the Stock Market. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The first generation whose pensions were replaced with 401(k)s discovers what happens when you hit retirement age in a bear...
September 2, 2008
"We Rise and Fall as One Nation"
Yesterday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack Obama, gave an incredible speech that tied together the labor...
Anna Burger on Workers Independent News
Our Chair, Anna Burger, was interviewed on August 30 by Norm Stockwell of Workers Independent News as she made her...
September 1, 2008
Take Back Labor Day: My First Job
Let me tell you about my first job. I got my first real job one summer in high school, as...
A Labor Day Message From Barack Obama
Hello everybody. This Labor Day weekend, we don’t just celebrate the end of summer; we also honor the hardworking...