Obama: "You Cannot Have a Strong Middle Class Without a Strong Labor Movement"
Video of President Obama’s remarks: Video of Vice President Biden’s remarks: This morning, in one of the first actions of...
January 2009 Archives
January 30, 2009
January 29, 2009
President Obama Signs Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Back in August of last year, while I was blogging from the Democratic convention, I told you about Lilly Ledbetter,...
January 28, 2009
Union Membership Up Again in 2008
Remember how I told you a year ago that 2007 had seen the first increase in U.S. union membership since...
Hilda! Hilda! Hilda!
The New York Times editorial board is asking an excellent question: why is an anonymous Republican Senator obstructing the...
January 27, 2009
Employee Free Choice: "A Human Rights Imperative"
A new report from Human Rights Watch (PDF) lays out just how our broken labor laws fall short of international...
January 26, 2009
The Union Way Up
Great op-ed by economist and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich in today’s Los Angeles Times about how the union movement...
Tens of Thousands of Workers Lose Jobs
Remember how last year we noted that 84,000 workers had lost their jobs in the single month of August? As...
January 22, 2009
Clean Trucks, Clean Ports, Clean Jobs -- and Good Jobs
As the new President and the new Congress take up the question of how to kick-start the economy, it’s important...
January 21, 2009
Labor Marches at the Inauguration
I mentioned the other day that organized labor was going to have an unprecedented presence at this year’s Inaugural Parade,...
January 20, 2009
History
Barack Obama is now officially the 44th President of the United States. Our Chair, Anna Burger, issued a statement...
January 19, 2009
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This new year marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose inspiration and...
January 16, 2009
This Miracle Brought to You by America's Unions
Great post by Emptywheel at the Firedoglake blog about all the union workers whose efforts ensured that every passenger walked...
Circuit City: An Obituary
We’ve been tracking the slow death of Circuit City on this blog for nearly two years now — ever since...
January 15, 2009
Hundreds Of Union Members To March In 56th Inaugural Parade
January 20th is going to be an historic day! Oh, you think, I knew that. That’s when we’re going...
January 14, 2009
Taking to the Airwaves for Employee Free Choice
With a new Congress in session and a new President about to be sworn in, the prospects for improving the...
January 9, 2009
Final Tally for 2008: 2.6 Million Jobs Lost
Another month, another grim employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The latest report, which provides employment data for...
January 8, 2009
CtW Leaders Urge Swift Confirmation of Solis
The Senate hearing on Hilda Solis’ nomination for Secretary of Labor is coming up tomorrow, so the leaders of...
"A Crisis Unlike Any in Our Lifetime"
In a speech today at Virginia’s George Mason University, President-Elect Barack Obama laid out the scope of the economic crisis...
January 7, 2009
Na Na Na Na
… hey hey hey… good bye… Yes, the Bush Administration is staggering to its long-awaited end, and that means...
January 5, 2009
Holiday News Roundup!
I’m back! And here’s a roundup of some of the news that broke while I was away… FOCUS ON THE...