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July 3, 2008: Party Like It's 1929
July 2, 2008: Circuit City Buyout Falls Through
July 1, 2008: McCain Loves "Free" Trade. Rest of America, Not So Much
June 30, 2008: Sign the Petition to Build America
June 27, 2008: Who Is Charlie Black?
June 25, 2008: Would You Buy a Used Car From This Man?
June 20, 2008: Whatever You Do, Don't Ask a Worker!
June 18, 2008: Number Who Expect to Take Voluntary Pay Cuts Instead: 0
June 18, 2008: UFW Endorses Obama
June 13, 2008: Merced Farm Labor Shut Down
June 11, 2008: Laborers Endorse Obama
June 10, 2008: Yes, Virginia, the American Dream is At Risk
June 6, 2008: Combustible Dust on 60 Minutes this Sunday
June 6, 2008: Unemployment Spikes -- So Let's Help the Unemployed
June 4, 2008: Introducing the TRADE Act
June 4, 2008: The American Dream Candidate
June 3, 2008: And You Thought George Bush Hadn't Created Any Good Jobs
June 3, 2008: "Speak Up and Demand Justice"
June 2, 2008: The Short Life and Preventable Death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez
May 30, 2008: Good News, Everyone!
May 29, 2008: Silicon Valley Janitors Win Better Wages, Healthcare, Benefits
May 28, 2008: Watching the Detectives
May 27, 2008: Stopping the Misclassification Scam
May 22, 2008: Now Who Will Vacuum Up All the Cheeto Dust?
May 20, 2008: Change To Win: Pushing Obama To Victory In Oregon
May 19, 2008: This Injustice Brought to You by the Letter "U"
May 15, 2008: Two Million Workers Denied the American Dream
May 13, 2008: Colombian Workers Speak Out Against Colombia FTA
May 13, 2008: Working People Can Make the Difference This Fall
May 12, 2008: Circuit City Surrenders to Reality
May 12, 2008: The Kids Are All Right
May 7, 2008: The End of the Beginning
May 2, 2008: George Bush Doesn't Care About Exploding People
April 30, 2008: Hungry Hogs Hurting Homeowners; Laborers Fighting Back
April 25, 2008: "Take It Back"
April 22, 2008: "Negotiate Green"
April 17, 2008: McCainonomics: More of the Same-onomics
April 15, 2008: Turns Out Presidenting IS Hard Work!
April 14, 2008: DC Security Guards Win First-Ever Union Contract
April 11, 2008: There is No Place at the Table for Union-Busters
April 8, 2008: Mark Penn Thinks You Are Really Dumb
April 7, 2008: Mark Penn Still Has to Go
April 4, 2008: Mark Penn Has to Go
April 4, 2008: Why Are the Economists Always The Last Ones to Figure These Things Out?
April 4, 2008: Krug-Mondavi Workers Win New Contract
April 2, 2008: Score One for Common Sense
March 28, 2008: "The Bedrock of Our Economic Success is the American Dream"
March 27, 2008: Head, Meet Sand
March 27, 2008: Wal-Mart: Worst Person in the World
March 26, 2008: Unsustainable? Puhleeeeze!
March 26, 2008: Calling Out McCainonomics
March 25, 2008: Whose Side Are You On?
March 24, 2008: The Cost of Not Fixing the Health Care System
March 20, 2008: Check It Out: The New Cesar Chavez Action and Information Center
March 19, 2008: What Obama Did
March 18, 2008: "A Little Bit Disappointed"
March 17, 2008: War Is Economic Policy
March 14, 2008: "I Trust the American Workforce"
March 10, 2008: OSHA to Workers: You Can't Have a Rule Protecting You From Combustible Dust Explosions. But You CAN Have a Web Page!
March 6, 2008: Making the Difference for Obama
March 4, 2008: In Case You Were Curious
March 4, 2008: OSHA to Workers: All Right, All Right, We'll Check if Your Workplace is About to Explode. But Just This Once!
March 3, 2008: Barack Obama: The American Dream Candidate
March 3, 2008: CtW Leaders Stand With Obama on Trade
February 29, 2008: Providing a Bridge to the Middle Class
February 26, 2008: National Commission on ICE Misconduct Holds First Hearing
February 21, 2008: Fired Up, Ready to Go: Change to Win Endorses Sen. Barack Obama for President
February 20, 2008: It's Past Time to Protect Workers from Combustible Dust
February 19, 2008: Teamsters Rally to Fire Mary Peters
February 14, 2008: The Glass is Half Full! OF DEBT
February 13, 2008: "One Day I Will Never Forget"
February 13, 2008: A Question For You
February 12, 2008: Shame on Elaine
February 12, 2008: New York Cracks Down on Misclassification
February 11, 2008: Montreal Cintas Employees Form First Union in Company History
February 11, 2008: Green Jobs are Good Jobs
February 11, 2008: Rally to Fire Mary Peters Tomorrow in San Francisco
February 7, 2008: Improved Stimulus Package Fails in Senate By Single Vote; Chamber Passes GOP Alternative Instead
February 7, 2008: Sure, We Might Fire You Suddenly to Cut Costs. But We Gave You a Pair of Black Jeans!
February 7, 2008: "A Hopeful Year for Unions"
February 6, 2008: Fire Mary Peters
February 5, 2008: Take Action: Tell the Senate to Fix the Stimulus Package
February 4, 2008: From the "Truth is Stranger than Fiction" Department
February 4, 2008: Real Stimulus, Please
January 31, 2008: Social Security Pioneer Robert M. Ball Has Passed Away
January 29, 2008: More SOTU Reactions
January 29, 2008: "Change Begins Now in America"
January 28, 2008: Heckuva Job!
January 28, 2008: Mozilo Retreats (a Bit) on Compensation Package
January 26, 2008: 2007 Saw First Increase in U.S. Union Membership Since 1983
January 25, 2008: Stimulus Package Needs to Do More for Working Families
January 18, 2008: In 2007, Workers' Wages Saw Biggest Drop in 17 Years
January 17, 2008: A Reality Check for Rep. Bachmann
January 16, 2008: How One Union's Workers Brought the American Dream Back to Las Vegas
January 14, 2008: Failing Upward
January 3, 2008: Rose-Colored Glasses
December 31, 2007: Looking Back on 2007
December 23, 2007: Bob Herbert is Making Sense
December 23, 2007: FedEx Fined Millions by IRS For Misclassifying Workers
December 21, 2007: Report Roundup!
December 17, 2007: Nobody Could Have Seen THIS Coming. Right?
December 13, 2007: UNITE HERE Worker Testifies on NLRB Failures
December 12, 2007: The ICE Raids: One Year Later
December 11, 2007: Swing Voters, 2008, and the American Dream
December 11, 2007: Keeping an "Eye on the NLRB"
December 6, 2007: How Many Mansions Does One Guy Need, Anyway?
November 29, 2007: To Dream the "Impossible" Dream
November 20, 2007: Take Action: Condemn the Bush Board's Assault on Workers
November 16, 2007: Time for Change at the NLRB
November 15, 2007: Our Broken Labor Laws: Condemning the NLRB and Demanding a Return to Our Principles
November 14, 2007: This Thursday, Stand Up For Workers' Rights
November 13, 2007: Won't Somebody Think of the Billionaires?!?
November 9, 2007: "Victimizing the Victim"
November 9, 2007: Join the Movement
November 5, 2007: Writers Walk Out
November 2, 2007: Bush Board Launches Massive New Assault on Workers
November 1, 2007: Tell Paula to Keep Her Promise
November 1, 2007: Henry Kravis' Transparent Greed
November 1, 2007: Raids Have Consequences
October 31, 2007: When Will Cintas Learn?
October 29, 2007: Has FedEx Hired Santa Claus?
October 26, 2007: Rebuilding New Orleans, Two Years On
October 23, 2007: Misclassification Allegations Hit Blackwater
October 19, 2007: The SCHIP Roll Call
October 15, 2007: Business Groups and Allies in Congress Push for Cheap Immigrant Labor
October 12, 2007: Gross Income Inequality
October 10, 2007: That's What They Call a Win-Win
October 10, 2007: Huckabee: Unions are the Future
October 3, 2007: Bush Says NO to Children's Health Care, Wagons
October 2, 2007: CtW Convention 2007: Barack Obama
October 2, 2007: CtW Convention 2007: John Edwards
October 2, 2007: CtW Convention 2007: Hillary Rodham Clinton
October 1, 2007: Workers Win at UPS
October 1, 2007: CtW Convention 2007: Resolutions Passed
September 28, 2007: CtW Convention 2007: CtW Leaders Speak
September 28, 2007: CtW Convention 2007: Our Newest American Dream Survey
September 25, 2007: Blogging LIVE! From the CtW Convention in Chicago. Well, Kind Of
September 21, 2007: Video From NY Misclassification Announcement
September 20, 2007: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
September 14, 2007: Fixing a Broken System
September 13, 2007: Unions Boost Productivity
September 12, 2007: UFCW Sues To Protect Workers' 4th Amendment Rights
September 7, 2007: "Misclassification of Workers is Theft"
September 6, 2007: Making Today's Bad Jobs Into Tomorrow's Good Jobs
September 5, 2007: You Can't Do That On Television! No, Really. You CAN'T DO THAT.
September 5, 2007: What Does the American Dream Mean to You?
August 31, 2007: Labor Day 2007: New Hope for the American Dream
August 31, 2007: CEO Pay Calculator Needs An Upgrade
August 31, 2007: "These Days, It's Katrina All the Time"
August 30, 2007: Hundreds Rally for Justice at Smithfield
August 29, 2007: New Census Report: Income Stagnant, Health Coverage Declining
August 27, 2007: The Union Advantage on Health Coverage
August 24, 2007: "It was like a drug raid"
August 23, 2007: Cold As ICE
August 22, 2007: Missing the Point
August 22, 2007: Please Sir, Can I Have Some More?
August 21, 2007: America is at the Tipping Point
August 20, 2007: Winners and Losers in the Mortgage Meltdown
August 17, 2007: OSHA Slaps Cintas With Historic Fine for Workplace Safety Violations
August 16, 2007: Didn't We Figure This Out, Like, 100 Years Ago?
August 16, 2007: "Work is Not a Crime. Workers Are Not Criminals"
August 16, 2007: We Are All America
August 9, 2007: Techies and Teamsters Together
August 9, 2007: Republican Presidential Candidate Suffers Temporary Bout of Sanity
August 8, 2007: Labor Linkage for August 8, 2007
August 8, 2007: Dirty Laundry
August 7, 2007: Yearly Kos: The Rest
August 7, 2007: Yearly Kos: CtW Leaders Meet the Netroots
August 6, 2007: Yearly Kos: Labor and the Netroots
August 6, 2007: Yearly Kos: Presidenting is Hard Work
August 6, 2007: Pictures From YearlyKos
August 2, 2007: In the Name of Big Tobacco, Republican Lawmakers Oppose Health Care for Poor Children
July 27, 2007: The One Thing Kids and Their Parents Agree On
July 26, 2007: It is Brooks Who Strays From Reality
July 25, 2007: CEPR Reality Checks David Brooks
July 24, 2007: "Pretend" Benefits
July 24, 2007: Workers Get a Raise
July 24, 2007: Let Them Use Emergency Rooms!
July 23, 2007: Southern California Grocery Workers Ratify New Contract
July 19, 2007: A Thank You From UFW
July 18, 2007: Ohio Home Health Care Providers to Gain a Voice on the Job
July 18, 2007: SoCal Grocery Workers, Chains Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
July 16, 2007: UFW, Threemile Sign Collective Bargaining Agreement
July 15, 2007: The New Gilded Age
July 13, 2007: Economic Anxiety and the American Dream
July 12, 2007: Janitors Arrested in Cincinnati
July 12, 2007: Retirement Security at Risk for Millions of Americans
July 10, 2007: "Just For Once, Tell the Truth"
July 10, 2007: "Sicko" Shows America's Shame
July 10, 2007: Is the American Dream At Risk in the 21st Century?
July 9, 2007: Labor Linkage for July 9, 2007
July 9, 2007: Trial Begins for Mining Company Accused of Killing Colombian Labor Leaders
July 9, 2007: Neil Cavuto: Terrorist Propagandist?
July 6, 2007: Labor Linkage for July 6, 2007
July 5, 2007: Ask No Questions And Hear No Lies: CEO Pay in Plain English
July 3, 2007: Utility Workers Stand Up
July 3, 2007: Headrick Steps Down
July 3, 2007: Greenwald Takes On Supermarket Titans
June 28, 2007: Wal-Mart: Anywhere But America
June 27, 2007: They're On Notice!
June 26, 2007: Senate Takes Up Employee Free Choice Act
June 26, 2007: The Private Equity Tax Rip-Off
June 22, 2007: Rich People Have Problems Too!
June 20, 2007: Blame The CEO In The Corner Office For Economic Woes, Not The Guy Who Cleans It
June 20, 2007: CtW Members and Leaders Speak Out for Employee Free Choice Act
June 15, 2007: Rally to Tell the Senate: Pass the Employee Free Choice Act!
June 15, 2007: The New York Times Has An Objection
June 15, 2007: Catch Andy Stern on Bill Moyers Journal Tonight
June 13, 2007: How Sweet It Isn't
June 12, 2007: A Follow-Up
June 12, 2007: Care-Less
June 12, 2007: Today is World Day Against Child Labor
June 11, 2007: Hey Grads! Welcome to Reality!
June 11, 2007: All In A Day's Work
June 11, 2007: The Jerk Store Called...
June 6, 2007: (Union) Made in China: The Tag Corporate America Doesn't Want You to See
June 1, 2007: A Death In Tar Heel
June 1, 2007: Dell: Downsizing, or Decapitating?
June 1, 2007: The Question Isn't Why We Went to China -- It's Why Wouldn't We?
May 24, 2007: Now We Know What "Smithfield Family Values" Look Like
May 21, 2007: LA Security Guards Score Major Victory
May 21, 2007: Can you hear us now?
May 21, 2007: "What We Require Is No Fear"
May 15, 2007: Gesundheit!
May 8, 2007: The $8,812 Missing from Your Wallet
May 7, 2007: This will knock the wind out of you
May 7, 2007: "I see," said the blind man
May 3, 2007: Cause, Meet Effect
May 2, 2007: Help to Air Some Dirty Laundry
April 26, 2007: If This Doesn't Make You Angry, You're Not Paying Attention
April 24, 2007: Unions: the Answer to Rising Income Inequality
April 20, 2007: See No Evil, Hear No Evil...
April 19, 2007: Paula, Meet Lenora
April 18, 2007: People Are Talking About Paula Deen and Smithfield
April 17, 2007: Will Paula Deen Stand For "Clean Cuisine", or "Queen of Mean"? It Remains to Be Seen
April 17, 2007: Wal-Mart Scamming Billions in State Taxes
April 17, 2007: Too many Americans living in poverty
April 16, 2007: There Is A War On The Middle Class
April 13, 2007: 'There Ought to Be Democracy in the Capital of the United States'
April 12, 2007: "A Triumph of Corporate and Financial Power"
April 11, 2007: What Do Workers Know?
April 10, 2007: Labor Linkage for Tuesday, April 10
April 10, 2007: The Empire Strikes Back
April 9, 2007: Labor Linkage for Monday, April 9
April 5, 2007: Wal-Mart to Customers, Employees, Vendors, and Pretty Much Everybody Else: Sorry We Spied On You!
April 4, 2007: The Working American Dream Agenda
April 3, 2007: 'This Is A Fight For The Soul Of Our Newspaper'
April 2, 2007: Interview with an Honest Boss
April 2, 2007: I Tried to Come Up With a Witty Title For This Story, But I Can't Think of Anything That Rhymes With "Teeter"
March 30, 2007: When Even the Economists Notice, You Know It's a Problem
March 29, 2007: Labor Linkage for Thursday, March 29
March 29, 2007: Look! A Foot! Shoot It!
March 29, 2007: Southern Poverty Law Center Documents Systematic Abuse in Guestworker Programs
March 29, 2007: Justice for Janitors Campaign Plays Starring Role in Houston HR Conference
March 28, 2007: Labor Linkage for Wednesday, March 28
March 27, 2007: This Saturday, Join the Harris Teeter Day of Action
March 23, 2007: Senate Committee Vote is Important Step
March 20, 2007: Smithfield Aims to Send a Million More to Hog Heaven
March 19, 2007: The Gloves Are Off
March 15, 2007: Hoffa: Trucks Not Ready for Our Roads
March 14, 2007: Carpenters Using Text-Messaging to Connect with Young Workers
March 9, 2007: Campaign to Change Wal-Mart is on Investors' Radar
March 7, 2007: Tragedy in Tulsa
March 7, 2007: Free Trade Policy Has Failed
March 7, 2007: NY Times to Bush: Put your pen where your mouth is
March 2, 2007: Quality Affordable Health Care for All, Not Tax Cuts for the Rich
March 1, 2007: In Case of Bad Day At Work, Break Glass
February 28, 2007: Workers to Congress: Help Us Have a Voice
February 26, 2007: Two Things You Can Do Today to Help Pass the Employee Free Choice Act
February 22, 2007: News Flash: Wal-Mart Uses Sweatshop Labor
February 20, 2007: Let's Talk About EFCA
February 20, 2007: Pro-Employee Free Choice Act op-ed in the LA Times
February 20, 2007: American Rights at Work sets the record straight
February 20, 2007: Welcome to CtW Connect, the blog

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