Happy Thanksgiving, Turkeys!
Need something to be thankful for? Well, no matter how lousy the last week was for you, odds are you...
November 2008 Archives
November 27, 2008
November 24, 2008
Unemployment Benefits Extended for Struggling Workers
It didn’t get much media attention, but last week Congress passed an extension of unemployment benefits to help workers who...
"It Is Time to Act"
In his most recent weekly address to the nation, President-Elect Barack Obama announced that he and his economic team are...
November 19, 2008
The New Progressive Consensus
Ever since it became clear that Barack Obama was going to win the Presidency, pundits have been frantically trying to...
GA Senate Contest Goes to Extra Innings
Remember how I told you on October 29 that [Republican Senator Saxby] Chambliss — who has drawn fire for putting...
November 14, 2008
Anna Burger Meets the Bloggers
CtW Chair Anna Burger was a guest today on the online talk show Meet the Bloggers, discussing the Employee Free...
Dream a Little Dream
American Rights at Work has just launched a national TV ad campaign aimed at mobilizing the public to urge Congress...
November 13, 2008
It Must Be Nice
Above: Investment banker I bet a lot of folks wish they had jobs where they got multi-million dollar bonuses no...
November 10, 2008
Circuit City Files For Bankruptcy
The ongoing saga of Circuit City’s downward spiral continues! Faithful readers of CtW Connect will remember that I’ve been...
November 7, 2008
Unemployment Rises for Tenth Straight Month, Now At Highest Level Since 1994
Straight from the horse’s mouth: Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 240,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.1...
November 6, 2008
The American Dream and the 2008 Election
From left to right, CtW leaders Edgar Romney and Anna Burger join workers Keith McCorkle, Adam Riddell, Teresa Ransone,...
November 5, 2008
Monument Avenue
The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. — L. P. Hartley If you’ve ever been...
Obama Wins
From CNN.com: I’ll have more on this shortly, but for now consider this an open thread. How do you feel...
November 4, 2008
Getting Out the Vote in Charlotte
[ Another report from the field -- this one by Elana Levin of UNITE HERE, who's on the ground in...
November 3, 2008
Sad News
Tragic news today — Barack Obama’s ailing grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, passed away late last night at her home in Hawaii....
Making Change on the Ground in New Hampshire
[ This dispatch forwarded to me by Leslie Miller of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who’s on the ground getting...
Make It Count -- Protect Your Vote
With Election Day only one day away, the Obama campaign has released a great video highlighting some of the standard...