A Safe and Healthy Workplace for Every Worker
Longtime readers know that one of the windmills I’ve been tilting at in this space for quite some time now...
April 2009 Archives
April 30, 2009
April 28, 2009
Workers' Memorial Day
Today is Workers’ Memorial Day — the day when we remember all those men and women who have been killed,...
April 24, 2009
Walmart's War on Workers
There’s a great new video out from the Walmart Workers for Change campaign detailing Walmart’s war on their own workers:...
April 21, 2009
Tell President Obama: Stand Up For Auto Workers
Our brothers and sisters at the United Auto Workers are asking everyone to contact the White House and urge...
April 17, 2009
How Did Maersk Alabama Crew Survive Hostage Ordeal? "We're Union Members. We Stuck Together"
How did the crew of the Maersk Alabama, the freighter that was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia,...
April 16, 2009
BREAKING - 13 Arrested As Warehouse Workers' Rally Turns To Sit-In Action
Developing story here, gang — a rally held by the warehouse workers of California’s Inland Empire today turned into a...
April 14, 2009
"An Immigration System That Works for America's Workers"
Exciting news today — Change to Win And AFL-CIO Unveil Unified Immigration Reform Framework: Joseph T. Hansen, International President of...
April 13, 2009
Warehouse Workers United on GritTV
Late last week GritTV with Laura Flanders covered the struggle of the warehouse workers in California’s Inland Empire to join...
April 9, 2009
Greed
First off, my apologies for the light blogging this week; I’ve been on the road helping workers beef up...
April 3, 2009
The Fabric of America
American Rights at Work has a powerful new ad out illustrating why America’s workers need the Employee Free Choice Act:...
April 1, 2009
Scenes from the Chavez Day March
Speaking of the Inland Empire’s warehouse workers, last week I invited you to join them in honoring the life and...
Depression in California's Inland Empire Shows Need for Employee Free Choice Act
Tom Woodruff, the director of our Strategic Organizing Center (seen above addressing the 2007 Change to Win Convention), has...