Cool story from the MyUFCW blog — one of their members, Phillip Meza of UFCW Local 1428, has produced a great hip-hop song expressing why he and his co-workers are voting for Barack Obama: I feel in my heart that...
Did you miss Barack Obama’s 30-minute special last night? Watch the whole thing right here:...
CtW Connect readers know that one issue I’ve been following here for quite some time is the problem of combustible dust — invisible particles that can build up inside a factory and then ignite, blowing the place to kingdom come....
A remarkable scene has developed at a telemarketing call center in Indiana, where three dozen workers have walked off the job rather than read McCain campaign call scripts full of misleading statements about Barack Obama: Nina Williams, a stay-at-home mom...
As we enter the final days of this hard-fought election campaign, the candidates are making their “closing arguments” — their final statements on their visions for America’s future, and how they would turn those visions into reality. Today in Canton,...
ThinkProgress’ Wonk Room blog has a great post up today detailing and correcting the misleading statements being made by conservative political leaders about the Employee Free Choice Act: In the last few weeks, conservatives have amplified their criticism of...
Every worker knows that wages have been stuck in neutral for a long time. But the trend has landed hardest on young workers, whose real wages (i.e. wages after you adjust for inflation) have actually dropped by ten percent (!)...
Paul Krugman has been one of the strongest and most articulate progressive economic voices on the public stage for some time now — even when being a strong, articulate progressive wasn’t exactly popular. And he has consistently worked hard...
Click image above for full-size version On the first Monday of George W. Bush’s presidency, the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened for trading at 10,581.90. Yesterday, the Dow closed at 8,579.19 — 19% lower than it was on January...
Looks like Wachovia — the bank that got in so far over its head that the Federal government had to step in and broker a sale of their assets — has pulled a page from AIG’s playbook: As ailing Wachovia...
If you were a corporate executive, what do you think you’d be doing immediately after you had gone before the government hat in hand begging for an $85 billion bailout to save the nation from the consequences of your...
In a speech in Newport News, Virginia on Saturday, the American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack Obama, explained why reforming the health care system is such a high priority for him. Here’s the video: With just a month to go until...
There was a great moment in last night’s Vice Presidential debate when Joe Biden called out Sarah Palin on a subject that I’ve called your attention to before: John McCain’s desire to tax your health care benefits. The moment was...
A reminder today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that while Washington races to address a crisis on Wall Street that’s only a few weeks old, Main Street has been in crisis for months — with no relief in...
