That's All, Folks! (January 29, 2010)
Our final post

Minneapolis Janitors March for Good Jobs and A Green Future (January 7, 2010)
Janitors demand fair settlement with cleaning contractors

Labor Dept. Announces $100 Million in Green Jobs Training Grants (January 6, 2010)
Grants will help dislocated workers, veterans, women, African Americans and Latinos find jobs in expanding green industries

Laborers Give Flint Veteran a Warm Home for the Holidays (January 5, 2010)
Skilled union weatherization workers provide Michigan vet with free home retrofit and Christmas dinner

Forecast: Light Blogging Ahead (December 18, 2009)
Due to the holidays, posting will be light for the next two weeks

Senate Joins House In Moving to Close Corporate Tax Cheat Loophole (December 17, 2009)
Bill would close loophole allowing corporations to avoid paying taxes, benefits by misclassifying workers as "independent contractors"

Stern on Senate Health Bill: "All Of Us Must Stand Up" (December 17, 2009)
SEIU President Andy Stern on where heath care reform goes from here

President Obama Says It's Time To Weatherize America (December 15, 2009)
Calls on Congress to provide financial assistance for homeowners to make their homes more energy-efficient

Welcome to Lost Wages (December 11, 2009)
New report projects Great Recession to cost American workers more than $1 trillion

The Unemployment Pandemic (December 9, 2009)
Visualizing how the Great Recession spread across America

Labor Department Unveils Regulatory Priorities for 2010 (December 7, 2009)
New agenda includes action on combustible dust, diacetyl, wage theft, informing workers of their rights, and more

Senate Confirms Michaels As OSHA Chief (December 4, 2009)
Obama nominee approved by full chamber

Unemployment: After You've Gone Over A Waterfall Even Treading Water Feels Great (December 4, 2009)
Fewer jobs lost in November than expected -- but we're not out of the woods yet

Watch: White House Jobs Summit, Live (December 3, 2009)
President Obama brings together economic leaders at White House to discuss how to get the economy moving again. Watch live here

When The Revolution Comes, Your 401(k) Will Be First Against The Wall (December 1, 2009)
Are you ready for the class war? Goldman Sachs is

Organizing 2.0 (November 20, 2009)
Join us at the first-ever conference explicitly aimed at the intersection between community organizing and online organizing

Stay Classy, Tom (November 19, 2009)
Cash rules everything around U.S. Chamber CEO Tom Donohue

U.S. Chamber Extremism Protested in San Francisco, Too (November 19, 2009)
Protesters object to Chamber CEO Tom Donohue's cynical attempts to block health, financial, climate reforms

16 Deaths Per Day (November 19, 2009)
That's how many workers are killed by their employers' negligence in America every day

Senate HELP Committee Approves Nomination of David Michaels To Head OSHA (November 18, 2009)
Obama nominee wins bipartisan approval

Sweatshop-Free Gifts For The Holidays (November 17, 2009)
Don't give lumps of coal to the men and women who make your holiday presents -- buy your clothing gifts sweatshop-free

OSHA Audit Flaws Drop Workplace Accidents Down the Memory Hole (November 16, 2009)
New GAO report finds that OSHA audit process has sizable holes -- holes that corporations can use to underreport health and safety risks on the job

In Historic Vote, House Passes Health Reform (November 9, 2009)
Reform bill passes House of Representatives, 220-215

Retrofit Roadshow Brings Drive for Good Green Jobs to Maine (November 9, 2009)
Laborers bring campaign to weatherize America to the Pine Tree State

Unemployment: 15.7 Million Out Of Work (November 6, 2009)
Total unemployed are now equivalent to every adult in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Idaho being out of work

Philly Rallies Against U.S. Chamber Extremism (November 2, 2009)
A diverse coalition of progressive groups confront Chamber President Tom Donohue and his extreme right-wing agenda in Philadelphia

House Health Reform Proposal Released (October 29, 2009)
House Democrats put forward their proposal for fixing America's broken health care system

Union-Made Treats for Halloween (October 27, 2009)
Don't trick hard-working men and women -- buy your treats union-made

OSHA Moves Toward Action on Combustible Dust (October 26, 2009)
OSHA seeking public feedback on combustible dust dangers for use in developing standard to protect workers

Pity the Poor Rich: I Guess A Billion Dollars Doesn't Go As Far As It Used To Edition (October 19, 2009)
Our ongoing survey of major media asking people to feel sorry for the slightly-less-rich continues

U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue: Preaching Principle, Enabling Excess (October 16, 2009)
New CtW report shows how Chamber CEO Tom Donohue has hijacked "the voice of business" to serve the personal interests of CEOs

Wait, Isn't EVERY Day Boss' Day? (October 16, 2009)
Finally, a day to tell the person who can get you fired if you don't appreciate them enough how much you appreciate them

Health Reform (Of A Sort) Passes Senate Finance Committee (October 13, 2009)
... without a public option -- but don't count that provision out just yet

Talking Walmart and Good Jobs on GRITtv (October 8, 2009)
Nelson Lichtenstein, Pat O'Neill, Mark Moore, and Matt Ryan join Laura Flanders to discuss Walmart's brave new world of business -- and its impact on working people.

Rallying for Health Reform in Wilmington, Delaware (October 7, 2009)
Video and photos from one city on a day of action for real reform

Unemployment: Economy Loses Jobs for 21st Straight Month (October 2, 2009)
263,000 jobs lost in September; 35.6% of jobless have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more

Operation Hey Mackey (September 29, 2009)
Whole Foods customers deliver a message to anti-health-reform CEO John Mackey -- in song

Where Ships -- And Workers -- Go to Die (September 29, 2009)
Shocking video documents one of the hidden costs of globalization: the human toll of "shipbreaking" on workers in Bangladesh

Imperial Sugar Tragedy: "Entirely Preventable" (September 25, 2009)
Chemical Safety Board identifies flaws that led to explosion that killed 14 workers -- but again fails to take the next step and call for fixing them

Michael Moore, Wolf Blitzer Face Off On "Capitalism: A Love Story", Capitalism Itself (September 25, 2009)
CNN pundit goes head to head with filmmaker over his new documentary and his advocacy for a more just economy

Hollywood Speaks Out: Protect Insurance Companies! (September 22, 2009)
Will Ferrell reminds us: forcing you to pay your medical expenses out of your own pocket builds character

Things Are Tough All Over (September 22, 2009)
... for certain very generous definitions of "tough"

Join Us On Facebook! (September 21, 2009)
Get the day's freshest labor news and views delivered right in your Facebook news feed -- become a Facebook fan of Change to Win

Every Twelve Minutes (September 18, 2009)
New study finds lack of access to health care kills 45,000 Americans each year -- one every twelve minutes

The T2 Report: Has the Watchdog Gone to Sleep? (September 16, 2009)
Report into 2007 chemical explosion tells shocking story -- but omits call to prevent it from happening again

Doctors And Patients Agree: Give Us A Public Option (September 15, 2009)
New survey finds 2 out of 3 doctors want health reform to include a public option

In Memoriam: Crystal Lee Sutton, The Real-Life "Norma Rae" (September 14, 2009)
American heroine succumbs to cancer at age 68

Robert Reich Explains the Public Option (September 11, 2009)
Have friends or family who believe right-wing misinformation on this important issue? Show them this new video

President Obama: "Now Is the Season For Action" (September 10, 2009)
President Obama makes the case for health care reform to Congress and the American people

Truthout Organizes (September 9, 2009)
Becomes first online-only news outlet whose workers have a voice on the job

We Can Weatherize America -- And Here's Why We Should (September 4, 2009)
... for lower heating bills, good jobs, greater energy independence and a cleaner environment

Unemployment: Still High, Getting Higher (September 4, 2009)
Newly released data shows 216,000 more jobs lost in August

Mobilizing for a New American Dream (September 3, 2009)
CtW chair Anna Burger on Labor Day and the future of "a movement in motion"

Health Reform: A Guide for the Perplexed (September 2, 2009)
Ze Frank tries to cut through the lies on health reform

The American Values Agenda for Change at Walmart (September 1, 2009)
A challenge from labor, environmental, consumer protection, and community groups for America's largest retailer

Stay Classy, Rush (August 28, 2009)
Through the radio bloviator's looking glass

Senator Edward Kennedy (1932-2009) (August 26, 2009)
America loses a progressive champion

Zombie Ideas and Pac-Man Fever (August 24, 2009)
For some in media and politics, the 1980s never ended -- even as the rest of us struggle to deal with the challenges of the 21st century

Pity the Poor, Poor Rich! The Media Does (August 21, 2009)
The amazing persistence of the media meme that we should weep for the slightly less wealthy

In Which Your Humble Correspondent Points Out That He Broke This Story Weeks Ago (August 19, 2009)
The story of the GOP taking its anti-health-reform talking points from Lyndon LaRouche's rantings, that is

Teabaggers and the War of All Against All (August 18, 2009)
Anti-health-reform protester's worldview is as confused as his economics

Hitting the Streets for Health Reform (August 15, 2009)
Governor Howard Dean joins CtW Chair Anna Burger to spread the word about President Obama's reform agenda

See You At Netroots Nation 2009 (August 11, 2009)
Events for labor activists at this week's blogapalooza

MythBusters: White House Edition (August 11, 2009)
New Web site debunks right-wing lies about health reform

UFW Sues California to Enforce Heat Regulations (August 7, 2009)
Despite new regulations, lack of enforcement has led to eleven deaths in the fields

Walmart v. The Girl Scouts -- WTF? (August 7, 2009)
Walmart takes aim at its next target -- your daughter's dreams

Unemployment: Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down To Me (August 7, 2009)
Stats for July show 247,000 more jobs lost -- but unemployment rate going down. Wha?

Sotomayor Confirmed (August 6, 2009)
Senate votes 68-31 to confirm first-ever Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

We Bring You Tomorrow's News Today (August 5, 2009)
Further craziness from the anti-health-reform crowd

Help Save 4,700 Good Union Jobs (August 4, 2009)
Auto workers in California need your help

OSHA: Meet the New Boss (Nominee), Dr. David Michaels (August 3, 2009)
President Obama announces nomination of Dr. David Michaels to head Occupational Health & Safety Administration

The "Health Reform = Euthanasia" Lie: It Sounds Crazy Because It Is Crazy (July 31, 2009)
... and here's the proof

"Protecting Employees From Corporate Abuse is Part of the Change We Need" (July 31, 2009)
Democratic strategist Paul Begala makes the case for the Employee Free Choice Act

Happy Birthday, Medicare! (July 30, 2009)
Celebrating 44 years of success

Join Us For "Building a 21st Century Economy" at Netroots Nation (July 29, 2009)
CtW Chair Anna Burger will join economist Dean Baker and New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine at NN2009 to discuss fixing the American economy

Minimum Wage Goes Up Today; There's Still Plenty of Work to Be Done (July 24, 2009)
Increase will provide help for millions -- but minimum wage still lags far behind inflation, and tipped workers are still waiting for an increase of their own

President Obama Speaks on Health Care Reform (July 23, 2009)
"If we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to skyrocket. These are the consequences of inaction"

Labor Linkage! (July 21, 2009)
Collected stories from around the Web

CtW Statement on the Employee Free Choice Act (July 17, 2009)
"We remain optimistic that there will be strong labor law reform this year"

The Shipping Point (July 16, 2009)
The American Prospect takes an in-depth look at the struggle of the warehouse workers in California's Inland Empire to restore their chance to achieve the American Dream

Sotomayor Hearings: Day 4 (July 16, 2009)
Confirmation hearings for Obama Supreme Court nominee continue

Sotomayor Hearings: Day 3 (July 15, 2009)
Confirmation hearings for Obama Supreme Court nominee continue

Working In These Times (July 15, 2009)
A new blog from In These Times magazine focuses on providing "independent and incisive" coverage of workers' issues

Sotomayor Hearings: Day 2 (July 14, 2009)
Confirmation hearings for Obama Supreme Court nominee continue

Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Begin (July 13, 2009)
Obama Supreme Court nominee sits down with the U.S. Senate

"All He Needed Was Water" (July 9, 2009)
A farmworker dies needlessly from heat stroke -- and his niece takes up the cause to ensure no one else has to suffer the same fate

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) (July 7, 2009)
Final contest of the 2008 election ended today with Franken swearing-in

Meet the New Sheriff (July 6, 2009)
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis profiled in the New York Times

467,000 More Jobs Lost in June (July 2, 2009)
Latest unemployment numbers show job losses continuing at higher-than-expected rate

Smithfield Workers in Tar Heel Ratify First Union Contract (July 2, 2009)
Five thousand workers in world's largest pork processing plant take a big step closer to achieving the American Dream

Training Workers for the Green Jobs of Today and Tomorrow (July 1, 2009)
From coast to coast, LIUNA is helping workers get the skills they need to green America's economy

Restoring the American Dream in the Inland Empire (July 1, 2009)
The Los Angeles Times reports on the growing movement to win economic justice for California's warehouse workers

It's Time to Seat Al Franken (June 30, 2009)
Minnesota Supreme Court rules unanimously for Franken in long-running election drama

10,000 Rally in D.C. for Health Care Reform (June 25, 2009)
2009 Healthcare '09 rally wrap-up

Fired Up For Health Care? Join the Crowd Tomorrow (June 24, 2009)
Thousands to rally June 25 in DC for quality, affordable health care for all

The Hidden Cost of Walmart's $4 Prescriptions (June 24, 2009)
... like prescription drugs from companies with inadequate safety practices -- such as one of Walmart's key suppliers for its $4 prescription program

Measuring the Impact (June 23, 2009)
How big an effect is the insurance industry having in its effort to kill the public option? Here's some data

Democracy and the Public Option (June 22, 2009)
Another poll shows broad support for a public option in health reform -- even as the Senate acts as if that support did not exist

National Commission on ICE Misconduct Issues Final Report (June 18, 2009)
Finds immigration enforcement agency's tactics during the Bush era a "dramatic departure from our nation's ideals, our fundamental principles, and from the rule of law"

On Health Care, Give the People What They Want (June 18, 2009)
New poll shows 76% of Americans want a public health care option -- but resistance from millionaire insurance CEOs may keep them from having one

Workplace Safety: George Bush Was Doing It Wrong (June 18, 2009)
Focus on voluntary compliance from corporations resulted in abuse, pressure on workers to not report injuries

Luntz's Lemmings: Sen. Tom Coburn Edition (June 12, 2009)
Republican Senator uses anti-health-reform pollster's words verbatim in remarks on the Senate floor

CVS: Unlock the Condoms (June 11, 2009)
More than 200 community groups join together in Washington to call on pharmacy mega-chain to stop putting barriers to condom access in communities of color

The Price of Not Listening (June 11, 2009)
Slain Holocaust Museum guard's union pressed company for protective vests two years before shooting -- but were ignored

What Turns a Job Into a Good Job? You Do (June 9, 2009)
GM falters, Walmart rises, and a story older than all of us begins again.

Pity the Poor Rich (June 8, 2009)
Recession forces trust fund kids to scale down from $600,000 apartments to $500,000 apartments. Oh, the humanity!

Unemployment: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (June 5, 2009)
345,000 more jobs lost in May. In other news, rich people don't see what all the fuss is about.

1,000 Business Leaders Endorse Employee Free Choice (June 4, 2009)
More than a thousand business leaders have joined together today as Business Leaders for a Fair Economy to express their...

Consider the Source (June 3, 2009)
Another surprise — people who break labor laws don’t like the Employee Free Choice Act: A group of 11 Arkansas...

Surprise: Joe Scarborough and Friends Have No Idea What They Are Talking About (June 3, 2009)
Above: Joe Scarborough Media Matters catches MSNBC talking head and former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough pulling “facts” out of...

"A Promise Indefinitely Deferred" (June 3, 2009)
Great op-ed by Kate Bronfenbrenner (who wrote that report I told you about recently, “No Holds Barred”, that showed just...

The American Dream and the Progressive Majority (June 1, 2009)
We’ve just released the results of our most recent American Dream Survey — this one focusing on the action agenda...

From Father to Son (May 29, 2009)
Here’s a new video featuring Teamster shop steward and U.S. Army veteran John Padula, in which he tells how his...

Walmart Responsible for Black Friday Trampling Death (May 27, 2009)
Remember back in November of last year when we told you the tragic story of Jdimytai Damour, a 34-year-old...

Obama Taps Sotomayor for SCOTUS (May 26, 2009)
Above: President Barack Obama announces his nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court Above: Sotomayor reacts to...

No Holds Barred: Why Workers Need Free Choice Now More Than Ever (May 20, 2009)
There’s a new report out from the Economic Policy Institute and American Rights at Work today that makes it crystal...

Reid: Kennedy Cancer In Remission (May 19, 2009)
Great news — Harry Reid has just told reporters that Sen. Ted Kennedy’s brain cancer is in remission, and...

Artists for Workers Choice (May 14, 2009)
47 stars of stage and screen — all proud union members — have come together as Artists for Workers Choice...

Talkin' Wage Theft Hour Shaving Unpaid Overtime Blues (May 13, 2009)
TPMCafé’s weekly book club is focusing this week on the problem of wage theft — workers not being paid in...

VP Biden: "If A Union Is What You Want, Then A Union Is What You Should Get" (May 12, 2009)
Speaking today to our brothers and sisters at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Vice President Joe...

Unemployment: Sky Now Falling Slightly Less Quickly (May 8, 2009)
The latest unemployment numbers are out from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and they show just how different the...

Who Wants Employee Free Choice? Pennsylvania Republicans (May 5, 2009)
Amid all the brouhaha surrounding Senator Arlen Specter’s switch to the Democratic Party, Washington Post blogger Greg Sargent uncovers a...

How (Not) to Join a Union (May 5, 2009)
A new video from the Center for American Progress Action Fund lays out just how many obstacles workers who want...

Video: Speaking Out for Workplace Health and Safety (May 4, 2009)
Following up on my post last week about the new energy that the Obama Administration is bringing to ensuring workplace...

A Safe and Healthy Workplace for Every Worker (April 30, 2009)
Longtime readers know that one of the windmills I’ve been tilting at in this space for quite some time now...

Workers' Memorial Day (April 28, 2009)
Today is Workers’ Memorial Day — the day when we remember all those men and women who have been killed,...

Walmart's War on Workers (April 24, 2009)
There’s a great new video out from the Walmart Workers for Change campaign detailing Walmart’s war on their own workers:...

Tell President Obama: Stand Up For Auto Workers (April 21, 2009)
Our brothers and sisters at the United Auto Workers are asking everyone to contact the White House and urge...

How Did Maersk Alabama Crew Survive Hostage Ordeal? "We're Union Members. We Stuck Together" (April 17, 2009)
How did the crew of the Maersk Alabama, the freighter that was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia,...

BREAKING - 13 Arrested As Warehouse Workers' Rally Turns To Sit-In Action (April 16, 2009)
Developing story here, gang — a rally held by the warehouse workers of California’s Inland Empire today turned into a...

"An Immigration System That Works for America's Workers" (April 14, 2009)
Exciting news today — Change to Win And AFL-CIO Unveil Unified Immigration Reform Framework: Joseph T. Hansen, International President of...

Warehouse Workers United on GritTV (April 13, 2009)
Late last week GritTV with Laura Flanders covered the struggle of the warehouse workers in California’s Inland Empire to join...

Greed (April 9, 2009)
First off, my apologies for the light blogging this week; I’ve been on the road helping workers beef up...

The Fabric of America (April 3, 2009)
American Rights at Work has a powerful new ad out illustrating why America’s workers need the Employee Free Choice Act:...

Scenes from the Chavez Day March (April 1, 2009)
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 (April 1, 2009)
Tom Woodruff, the director of our Strategic Organizing Center (seen above addressing the 2007 Change to Win Convention), has...

Change You Can Believe In On Immigration (March 31, 2009)
Since we’ve written before in this space about the Bush Administration’s disastrously militaristic approach to immigration enforcement — an approach...

Cesar Chavez Day Events Spotlight Warehouse Workers United (March 27, 2009)
If you’re in Southern California, mark your calendars for next Tuesday, March 31. That’s when you can join the United...

TPMTalks with Anna Burger (March 25, 2009)
Good video interview between our Chair, Anna Burger, and David Kurtz of Talking Points Memo:...

"Unacceptable" (March 23, 2009)
You may have seen some stories in the news over the weekend (like this one) describing a “middle ground”...

Scenes From the Recession (March 19, 2009)
I’ve written before about my love for the Boston Globe’s photojournalism blog The Big Picture, and here’s another great...

New Poll Shows Majority Support Employee Free Choice (March 17, 2009)
Sam Stein at the Huffington Post reports on a new poll fromThe Gallup Organization that shows a majority of...

The $789 Billion Question: With Stimulus Passed, What Now? (March 16, 2009)
[ Note: This is a guest post by Jerome C. Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of...

Angry About AIG? Here's How You Can Do Something About It (March 16, 2009)
Over the weekend, the news broke that bailed-out insurance company AIG was becoming the latest in a parade of...

Wage Cuts "Worsening the Spiral Into an Even Greater Depression" (March 13, 2009)
Our executive director, Chris Chafe, was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning about the trend of companies such as...

Another Bailed-Out Bank Lobbying Against Employee Free Choice (March 12, 2009)
Since we’ve reported extensively about bailed-out banks using public money to lobby against your right to free choice, it’s worth...

Rachel Maddow Is Making Sense (March 12, 2009)
She’s been on fire this week covering the Employee Free Choice Act:...

Employee Free Choice Act Introduced In Congress (March 10, 2009)
Well, I’ve just returned from Capitol Hill, where today saw the Employee Free Choice Act introduced in both houses of...

Obama Convenes Health Reform Forum (March 6, 2009)
Yesterday President Barack Obama brought together leaders from across the economy — including Change to Win leaders General President...

Unemployment Hits 25-Year High (March 6, 2009)
… as 651,000 more workers lost their jobs in February: Nonfarm payroll employment continued to fall sharply in February...

Bank of America: Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Time You Fired Your Awful CEO (March 5, 2009)
This morning, the CtW Investment Group delivered a letter to O. Temple Sloan, lead director of the board of...

Lesson: Don't Cancel on Jon Stewart (March 5, 2009)
Since we pointed out early how bizarrely wrongheaded Rick Santelli’s now-infamous “Chicago Tea Party” rant was, I feel I must...

The Answer Is "Rich People" (March 5, 2009)
Republican Congressman Zach Wamp (TN-03) explains to MSNBC how in his opinion health care is a right for some people...

Obama to Workers: "You Will Always Have a Seat At the Table" (March 4, 2009)
Addressing the AFL-CIO’s Executive Council meeting in Miami by video yesterday, President Barack Obama spoke strongly on the need for...

Scary Movie (March 3, 2009)
Great video from our brothers and sisters at SEIU today exposing the horrifying rhetoric CEOs are using to try and...

A Green American Dream (February 27, 2009)
Our Executive Director, Chris Chafe, and Green for All President Van Jones have a guest post up today at Anderson...

Principal and the Art of the Non-Denial Denial (February 25, 2009)
Hey kids! Remember how I told you a couple days ago how we had urged the Treasury Department to...

Economists Agree: Employee Free Choice Key Step Towards Economic Recovery (February 25, 2009)
I’ve made fun of economists in this space before, but they’re not all idiots. In fact, there are some...

The Big Speech (February 25, 2009)
President Barack Obama gave his don’t-call-it-a-State-of-the-Union address last night. Here’s the video: Embedded video from CNN Video We have lived...

Congratulations, Madam Secretary! (February 24, 2009)
The long, long wait is over: Hilda Solis has just been confirmed by the Senate for the office of...

No Public Funds For Private Interest Lobbying (February 24, 2009)
As you know if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, we here at Change to Win have been...

We Need an Economy That Works for Everyone Again (February 23, 2009)
While discussing proposals for a 9/11-style commission to investigate the root causes of the financial crisis on This Week with...

The World At Work (February 20, 2009)
The Boston Globe’s always-excellent photojournalism blog The Big Picture, which presents a roundup of gorgeous large-format pictures every day,...

This, Not So Much (February 20, 2009)
Yesterday I posted about Lansing Mayor Verg Bernero’s full-throated defense of working people. But who knew that so shortly after...

More Like This, Please (February 19, 2009)
Virg Bernero, Mayor of Lansing, Michigan, pushes back on a clueless Fox News anchor-bot pushing right-wing, anti-worker talking points: Two...

Unions Are Good for the Economy (February 18, 2009)
A new report from the Center for American Progress Action Fund shows all the ways that unions are good for...

In Which I Explain to the Wall Street Journal How Free Speech Works (February 12, 2009)
Take a look at that picture. Sure looks like a nice place, huh? It’s a plush Florida getaway on...

Solis Nomination Clears Committee (February 12, 2009)
After seven weeks of delay, there’s finally progress on the nomination of Rep. Hilda Solis to be the nation’s...

Free Hilda! (February 9, 2009)
It’s kind of appalling that seven weeks after President Obama nominated Hilda Solis for the office of Secretary of...

Another Month, Another Dismal Employment Report (February 6, 2009)
… to the tune of nearly 600,000 more jobs lost in January: Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply in January (-598,000)...

Show Your Support for Employee Free Choice (February 5, 2009)
Hey kids! Do you want to use your blog or social networking profile to show your friends just how widespread...

Employee Free Choice Rally Pictures! (February 4, 2009)
Well, the Employee Free Choice Act rally I told you about this morning was a huge success. Thousands of workers...

TODAY: Rally at the Capitol for Employee Free Choice (February 4, 2009)
If you’re in DC and are looking for something to do with your lunch hour, swing by Capitol Hill and...

Good Jobs and Green Jobs: Which Road to Take? (February 3, 2009)
A few days ago, I wrote about how green jobs are not automatically good jobs: The old thinking was...

Obama: "You Cannot Have a Strong Middle Class Without a Strong Labor Movement" (January 30, 2009)
Video of President Obama’s remarks: Video of Vice President Biden’s remarks: This morning, in one of the first actions of...

President Obama Signs Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (January 29, 2009)
Back in August of last year, while I was blogging from the Democratic convention, I told you about Lilly Ledbetter,...

Union Membership Up Again in 2008 (January 28, 2009)
Remember how I told you a year ago that 2007 had seen the first increase in U.S. union membership since...

Hilda! Hilda! Hilda! (January 28, 2009)
The New York Times editorial board is asking an excellent question: why is an anonymous Republican Senator obstructing the...

Employee Free Choice: "A Human Rights Imperative" (January 27, 2009)
A new report from Human Rights Watch (PDF) lays out just how our broken labor laws fall short of international...

The Union Way Up (January 26, 2009)
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 (January 26, 2009)
Remember how last year we noted that 84,000 workers had lost their jobs in the single month of August? As...

Clean Trucks, Clean Ports, Clean Jobs -- and Good Jobs (January 22, 2009)
As the new President and the new Congress take up the question of how to kick-start the economy, it’s important...

Labor Marches at the Inauguration (January 21, 2009)
I mentioned the other day that organized labor was going to have an unprecedented presence at this year’s Inaugural Parade,...

History (January 20, 2009)
Barack Obama is now officially the 44th President of the United States. Our Chair, Anna Burger, issued a statement...

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 19, 2009)
This new year marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose inspiration and...

This Miracle Brought to You by America's Unions (January 16, 2009)
Great post by Emptywheel at the Firedoglake blog about all the union workers whose efforts ensured that every passenger walked...

Circuit City: An Obituary (January 16, 2009)
We’ve been tracking the slow death of Circuit City on this blog for nearly two years now — ever since...

Hundreds Of Union Members To March In 56th Inaugural Parade (January 15, 2009)
January 20th is going to be an historic day! Oh, you think, I knew that. That’s when we’re going...

Taking to the Airwaves for Employee Free Choice (January 14, 2009)
With a new Congress in session and a new President about to be sworn in, the prospects for improving the...

Final Tally for 2008: 2.6 Million Jobs Lost (January 9, 2009)
Another month, another grim employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The latest report, which provides employment data for...

CtW Leaders Urge Swift Confirmation of Solis (January 8, 2009)
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" (January 8, 2009)
In a speech today at Virginia’s George Mason University, President-Elect Barack Obama laid out the scope of the economic crisis...

Na Na Na Na (January 7, 2009)
… hey hey hey… good bye… Yes, the Bush Administration is staggering to its long-awaited end, and that means...

Holiday News Roundup! (January 5, 2009)
I’m back! And here’s a roundup of some of the news that broke while I was away… FOCUS ON THE...

Happy Holidays! (December 19, 2008)
Well, gang, posting is going to be light here over the next couple of weeks because of the holidays. We’ll...

Bush Ties Auto Loan to Worker Pay Cuts (December 19, 2008)
Since Republican obstructionists in the Senate blocked a bridge loan to save the Big Three automakers, President Bush has...

Another Reason To Be Psyched About Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary (December 19, 2008)
She’s not just a strong advocate for workers’ rights, she’s been a leader in the “green jobs” movement — which...

Rep. Hilda Solis Reported As Obama's Pick for Labor Secretary (December 18, 2008)
The Associated Press are reporting that Rep. Hilda Solis of California has been tapped for the position of Secretary...

Bush Removes Protections for Farm Workers. You Can Help Put Them Back (December 18, 2008)
You might think a guy with a 29% approval rating and only a few weeks left in his term of...

Union Busting, Southern Style (December 18, 2008)
UNITE HERE General President Bruce Raynor has a great op-ed piece in today’s Los Angeles Times breaking down how the...

In Case You Thought Senate Republicans' Opposition to the Big Three Bridge Loan Had Anything to Do With Fixing the Big Three (December 15, 2008)
… MSNBC’s Countdown has obtained a memo that tells you the real reason: Today at noon, Senators Ensign, Shelby, Coburn...

The Economic Recovery Program Our Nation Needs (December 12, 2008)
(Crossposted at the Huffington Post) With news that unemployment claims have reached a 26-year high and Congress' continuing failure to...

Just a Thought (December 11, 2008)
I can’t guarantee that you’d suddenly become healthier, wealthier and more attractive if you nominated CtW Connect for LabourStart’s Labor...

Republic Workers Win! (For Real This Time) (December 11, 2008)
This time it’s official: After the conclusion of negotiations Wednesday evening, the membership of Local 1110, more than 200 workers,...

CtW Statement on Criminal Complaint Against Governor Blagojevich (December 9, 2008)
We’ve just issued our official statement on the subject, if you’re interested....

Republic Workers Win? (UPDATED) (December 9, 2008)
Remember how I told you yesterday about the fight workers at Republic Windows and Doors were waging to get the...

Stand With the Workers Of Republic Windows (December 8, 2008)
(Already know the story and want to skip to how you can help? Click here) It’s the kind of story...

In Case You Needed Confirmation That Times Are Hard (December 5, 2008)
… you can find it in today’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Nonfarm payroll employment fell...

Cure CVS Now (December 4, 2008)
Today we at Change to Win announced the launch of a new campaign targeting the inadequacies of the country’s...

Krugman on the Crisis (December 4, 2008)
From the “been meaning to post this for a couple of days now” department, Tom Ashbrook of NPR’s On Point...

Obama Reaffirms Commitment to Employee Free Choice (December 3, 2008)
In case you were worrying that President-Elect Barack Obama might be backing away from his campaign commitments to support the...

New Study Finds Big Economic Benefits for Women in Unions (December 3, 2008)
As Washington turns its attention to how to revive the flagging economy, a new study provides more data to back...

Black Friday (December 1, 2008)
I’m sure you were as horrified as I was to hear that the annual “Black Friday” orgy of consumerism ended...

Happy Thanksgiving, Turkeys! (November 27, 2008)
Need something to be thankful for? Well, no matter how lousy the last week was for you, odds are you...

Unemployment Benefits Extended for Struggling Workers (November 24, 2008)
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" (November 24, 2008)
In his most recent weekly address to the nation, President-Elect Barack Obama announced that he and his economic team are...

The New Progressive Consensus (November 19, 2008)
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 (November 19, 2008)
Remember how I told you on October 29 that [Republican Senator Saxby] Chambliss — who has drawn fire for putting...

Anna Burger Meets the Bloggers (November 14, 2008)
CtW Chair Anna Burger was a guest today on the online talk show Meet the Bloggers, discussing the Employee Free...

Dream a Little Dream (November 14, 2008)
American Rights at Work has just launched a national TV ad campaign aimed at mobilizing the public to urge Congress...

It Must Be Nice (November 13, 2008)
Above: Investment banker I bet a lot of folks wish they had jobs where they got multi-million dollar bonuses no...

Circuit City Files For Bankruptcy (November 10, 2008)
The ongoing saga of Circuit City’s downward spiral continues! Faithful readers of CtW Connect will remember that I’ve been...

Unemployment Rises for Tenth Straight Month, Now At Highest Level Since 1994 (November 7, 2008)
Straight from the horse’s mouth: Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 240,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.1...

The American Dream and the 2008 Election (November 6, 2008)
From left to right, CtW leaders Edgar Romney and Anna Burger join workers Keith McCorkle, Adam Riddell, Teresa Ransone,...

Monument Avenue (November 5, 2008)
The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. — L. P. Hartley If you’ve ever been...

Obama Wins (November 5, 2008)
From CNN.com: I’ll have more on this shortly, but for now consider this an open thread. How do you feel...

Getting Out the Vote in Charlotte (November 4, 2008)
[ Another report from the field -- this one by Elana Levin of UNITE HERE, who's on the ground in...

Sad News (November 3, 2008)
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 (November 3, 2008)
[ 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 (November 3, 2008)
With Election Day only one day away, the Obama campaign has released a great video highlighting some of the standard...

Ready for the Change (October 31, 2008)
Cool story from the MyUFCW blog — one of their members, Phillip Meza of UFCW Local 1428, has produced a...

American Stories, American Solutions (October 30, 2008)
Did you miss Barack Obama’s 30-minute special last night? Watch the whole thing right here:...

Combustible Dust Front and Center in GA Senate Contest (October 29, 2008)
CtW Connect readers know that one issue I’ve been following here for quite some time is the problem of combustible...

Just Saying No (October 28, 2008)
A remarkable scene has developed at a telemarketing call center in Indiana, where three dozen workers have walked off the...

'We Are One Nation, All of Us Proud, All of Us Patriots' (October 27, 2008)
As we enter the final days of this hard-fought election campaign, the candidates are making their “closing arguments” — their...

Fact-Checking the Right on Employee Free Choice (October 23, 2008)
ThinkProgress’ Wonk Room blog has a great post up today detailing and correcting the misleading statements being made by...

Making the Difference for Young Workers (October 16, 2008)
Every worker knows that wages have been stuck in neutral for a long time. But the trend has landed hardest...

Congratulations to Dr. Krugman (October 14, 2008)
Paul Krugman has been one of the strongest and most articulate progressive economic voices on the public stage for...

The Bush Legacy (October 10, 2008)
Click image above for full-size version On the first Monday of George W. Bush’s presidency, the Dow Jones Industrial...

What To Get The Executive Who's Ruined Everything, Vol. 2 (October 10, 2008)
Looks like Wachovia — the bank that got in so far over its head that the Federal government had to...

What To Get The Executive Who's Ruined Everything (October 8, 2008)
If you were a corporate executive, what do you think you’d be doing immediately after you had gone before...

"This Isn't About Politics For Me" (October 6, 2008)
In a speech in Newport News, Virginia on Saturday, the American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack Obama, explained why reforming the...

McCainCare: "The Ultimate Bridge to Nowhere" (October 3, 2008)
There was a great moment in last night’s Vice Presidential debate when Joe Biden called out Sarah Palin on a...

I Wish We Could Have One Month Where I Didn't Have to Report This (October 3, 2008)
A reminder today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that while Washington races to address a crisis on Wall...

Calvin Explains the Economic Crisis (September 30, 2008)
(Click image above to enlarge to full size)...

Dear Democrats (September 30, 2008)
I hear you’re in the market for an alternative bailout plan after yesterday’s defeat of the Paulson proposal. So,...

There Are Tough Days and Then There Are Tough Days (September 26, 2008)
If you think your September 26 has been stressful, what with banks failing and the economy faltering and all,...

Ending the Nightmare on Main Street (September 26, 2008)
I told you on Wednesday that we had outlined a set of principles that any bailout plan should be following...

Heckuva Job (September 26, 2008)
When you picked up your morning paper, you probably noticed the screaming headlines about how Washington Mutual, one of...

Thank God We Don't Have Universal Health Care (September 26, 2008)
… because our glorious free-market health system ensures that nobody has to wait to see a doctor. Right? Not so...

Obama on the Economy, Debates (September 25, 2008)
The American Dream Candidate, Barack Obama, spoke today on what he’s doing to help resolve the economic crisis and why...

Bailoutapalooza (September 23, 2008)
If you’re like me, you’ve been watching the ongoing soap opera of the Wall Street Bailout with some trepidation....

Because Deregulating the Banks Worked Out So Well (September 22, 2008)
As we consider the enormous damage wrought on our economy by the ideologues who insisted on rolling back common-sense regulation...

Why I'm For Obama: Four Workers Speak (September 19, 2008)
I mentioned a few days ago how I had attended a meeting of UFCW shop stewards from the Midwest held...

"Battle in Seattle" Opens Today (September 19, 2008)
I wrote last month about the upcoming release of an important motion picture — “Battle in Seattle” — which tells...

Mark's Modest Proposal (September 17, 2008)
Mark Cuban is a maverick businessman who earned nearly $6 billion during the dot-com boom, cashed out before the...

A Plan for Change (September 17, 2008)
If you’re like me, you’ve been watching the extraordinarily serious developments on Wall Street this week and wondering what they...

Meet the Bloggers Meets the Employee Free Choice Act (September 17, 2008)
Great discussion on Friday’s Meet the Bloggers about the importance of the Employee Free Choice Act, with guests Andy Stern...

Pocket Change (September 17, 2008)
I’ve written extensively in this space on the danger posed to workers in some industries by combustible dust, and how...

Dayton is Rocking as Workers Unite to Beat McCain (September 16, 2008)
This is a postcard from one corner of the nationwide effort organized labor is making to elect Barack Obama —...

John McCain Is Out of Touch, Volume XVIII (September 15, 2008)
This morning’s headlines are all screaming about what the Wall Street Journal calls a “Crisis on Wall Street”: The American...

Clean Trucks Plan Can Go Forward, Judge Rules (September 12, 2008)
A big win for both truck drivers who work at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and residents...

Green Recovery (September 12, 2008)
I’ve talked before in this space about the importance of the “green jobs” movement, so I wanted to take a...

John McCain Wants to Tax Your Health Care Benefits (September 11, 2008)
Over at TIME Magazine’s political blog, “Swampland”, columnist Joe Klein notes yet another (under-reported) reason why working people shouldn’t vote...

Funny New Video: "Your New Job" (September 11, 2008)
There’s another great video out from American Rights at Work that uses humor to show the importance of passing the...

Mom Was Right, I Should Have Been a Doctor (September 11, 2008)
The Wall Street Journal reports that the only people who saw their real incomes go up during the 2001-2007 economic...

Reeeeeeeal McCain of Genius (September 5, 2008)
The Worse than Bush campaign released its first video today — a parody hitting John McCain for owning so many...

Unemployment Up For Eighth Straight Month (September 5, 2008)
Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly employment report, and it’s not good: we’ve now seen eight straight...

See-Saw (September 4, 2008)
I’ve told you before about the big money that Big Business is spending to mislead people about the Employee Free...

Let's Put Everybody's Retirement Money in the Stock Market. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (September 4, 2008)
The first generation whose pensions were replaced with 401(k)s discovers what happens when you hit retirement age in a bear...

"We Rise and Fall as One Nation" (September 2, 2008)
Yesterday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack Obama, gave an incredible speech that tied together the labor...

Anna Burger on Workers Independent News (September 2, 2008)
Our Chair, Anna Burger, was interviewed on August 30 by Norm Stockwell of Workers Independent News as she made her...

Take Back Labor Day: My First Job (September 1, 2008)
Let me tell you about my first job. I got my first real job one summer in high school, as...

A Labor Day Message From Barack Obama (September 1, 2008)
Hello everybody. This Labor Day weekend, we don’t just celebrate the end of summer; we also honor the hardworking...

DNC 2008: That's All She Wrote (August 29, 2008)
And so we come to the end of the 2008 Democratic Convention — and the beginning of the general election....

DNC 2008: Say Hi to Grover (August 29, 2008)
Well, I was all set to write a big post about what it’s like to be on the floor of...

DNC 2008: Barack Obama: "Now Is Not the Time For Small Plans" (August 28, 2008)
And so we come to the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack Obama,...

DNC 2008: Roy Gross: "I'm One Of The Lucky Ones" (August 28, 2008)
Tonight, the eyes of the world are focused on the INVESCO Center. And tonight, Roy Gross (seen above with...

DNC 2008: Al Gore: "The Forces of the Status Quo Are Terrified" (August 28, 2008)
If there is one truth to our history over the last decade, it is this — we came so...

DNC 2008: Musicians, Activists Rally for Health Care for All (August 28, 2008)
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend a pretty cool event — a rally organized by SEIU that brought...

DNC 2008: Welcome to INVESCO (August 28, 2008)
It’s 3:40PM here in Denver and I am coming to you from the press box at INVESCO Field, where...

DNC 2008: Credentials (August 28, 2008)
One of the first things you learn when attending a political convention is that your value as a human...

DNC 2008: Joe Biden: "This is America's Time" (August 27, 2008)
Senator Joe Biden just finished his speech accepting the Democratic nomination for the office of Vice President of the...

DNC 2008: Bill Clinton: "The Third Time Is Not the Charm" (August 27, 2008)
Last night, after listening to Hillary Clinton address the convention, I wrote: Dear news media, Now that you’ve heard...

DNC 2008: Hillary Puts Obama Over the Top (August 27, 2008)
Earlier this evening, Barack Obama officially secured the Democratic nomination — at the request of Hillary Clinton, who asked that...

DNC 2008: The Glamorous Life of the Blogger (August 27, 2008)
Sitting in a windowless basement room with blank walls, fighting with strangers over who gets the last network connection....

DNC 2008: Pauline Beck, Gloria Craven, Lilly Ledbetter (August 27, 2008)
Most of the attention on the Convention has been on the big-name politicians who have spoken. But yesterday, some of...

DNC 2008: Hillary Clinton: "No Way. No How. No McCain" (August 27, 2008)
Dear news media, Now that you’ve heard Senator Hillary Clinton’s speech, can you please stop peddling the nonsense about...

DNC 2008: Anna Burger: "Brothers and Sisters, It Is Time for Change" (August 26, 2008)
Anna Burger, Chair of Change to Win, addressed the Democratic National Convention here in Denver tonight. And she brought...

DNC 2008: Seen on the Street (August 26, 2008)
I bumped into these guys outside the Pepsi Center, where the convention is being held: You have no idea how...

DNC 2008: Battle in Seattle -- The Motion Picture (August 26, 2008)
It’s not every day you see Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa and movie goddess Charlize Theron sitting on the same...

DNC 2008: Michelle Obama: "The American Dream Endures" (August 25, 2008)
Michelle Obama just finished speaking. I’ve never heard her speak to a crowd before, so I came in not really...

DNC 2008: Kennedy: "The Dream Lives On" (August 25, 2008)
Senator Ted Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, defied expectations today by showing up at the convention in...

DNC 2008: The State of the American Dream (August 25, 2008)
Rollout of the August 2008 American Dream Survey. From left: Anna Burger, Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners, Lawrence...

DNC 2008: Labor Unity Rally (August 25, 2008)
This is the first time I’ve ever attended a national political convention, so I’m learning new stuff left and right....

DNC 2008: John McSame Crashes the Party (August 24, 2008)
A few days ago, I told you about a new team — the Change to Win Truth Squad — who...

DNC 2008: It's Biden (August 24, 2008)
The first big piece of news to emerge as the convention loomed actually broke while I was brushing my...

On to Denver (August 22, 2008)
Well gang, as I mentioned back in May, I’m a credentialed blogger at the Democratic National Convention. So tomorrow morning...

You Can't Make This Stuff Up (August 21, 2008)
How many houses does John McCain own? Turns out there are so many that even he can’t keep track of...

Straight Talk on John McCain (August 18, 2008)
I want to let you know about a new campaign we launched today: Worse Than Bush. If you’re a...

Tell the FEC: Investigate Wal-Mart! (August 14, 2008)
On August 1, I told you about how Wal-Mart has been pressuring its workers to vote the way the...

FIFTEENTH Farmworker Death from Heatstroke (August 12, 2008)
The toll has increased yet again: BAKERSFIELD — Maria de Jesus Alvarez, 63 has become the latest victim of this...

Karma (August 12, 2008)
Who is Stephen J. Cabot? If you ask the Web site of his consultancy, the “Cabot Institute for Labor...

Standing Up for Candidates Who Stand With Workers (August 11, 2008)
Truth is the glue that holds government together. — Gerald Ford A few days ago, I mentioned how big...

BREAKING: NY Nursing Home CEO Arrested for Failure to Insure Workers (August 7, 2008)
Big news from 1199SEIU in New York — nursing home CEO Helen Sieger has been arrested and charged with a...

Take Back Labor Day-Palooza (August 7, 2008)
This is cool — as the Republicans convene on September 1 in Minneapolis/St. Paul to open their convention, SEIU is...

Another Death in the Fields (August 6, 2008)
California’s lax enforcement of the laws that are supposed to protect farmworkers in the summer heat has claimed another victim:...

Raiding the Cookie Jar (August 6, 2008)
I’ve been a little slow in writing this up (alas, I have been absolutely slammed this week), but it’s still...

What Wal-Mart Is Afraid Of: You (August 1, 2008)
There’s a great story in today’s Wall Street Journal describing how Wal-Mart, terrified of how a President Obama might make...

Unemployment Continues to Rise (August 1, 2008)
Back in June, I pointed to reportage from Reuters sounding the alarm about how unemployment had been increasing for months:...

I Didn't Think Even John McCain Was This Dumb (July 31, 2008)
… but apparently he is dumb enough to be considering Frederick Smith, CEO of FedEx and a notorious union-buster,for...

Teamsters and Turtles (July 30, 2008)
I told you a few days ago about Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa’s landmark announcement that the Teamsters were rejecting...

Video: Growing the American Dream Movement (July 29, 2008)
Well, I promised you that I would post the video of our Netroots Nation panel when it became available, and...

Fines Are Not Enough: American Workers Need Protection from Combustible Dust (July 29, 2008)
Last week’s announcement that OSHA was seeking an enormous fine from Imperial Sugar for their actions leading to the explosion...

There Are More Dunder-Mifflins Out There Than You Think (July 28, 2008)
Ezra Klein has a great post up today showing how you much you can learn about the value of...

OSHA Proposes Massive Fine for Combustible Dust Explosion (July 25, 2008)
Ever since the Imperial Sugar plant in Port Wentworth, Georgia, was destroyed in a massive blast caused by “combustible dust”...

Labor Linkage for Friday, July 25 (July 25, 2008)
Seen around the Web today… On Daily Kos, diarist TomP asks “how many farmworkers must die before somebody cares?” The...

Faces of Employee Free Choice: Manuel Zuniga, Jr. (July 25, 2008)
Today’s face of employee free choice is Manuel Zuniga, Jr. of Pittsburgh, PA, seen here with his beautiful family: I...

Faces of Employee Free Choice: Shane Holman (July 24, 2008)
Today’s face of employee free choice is Shane Holman of Hattiesburg, Mississippi: I asked Shane why he supports the Employee...

Hoffa Rejects 'Drilling Our Way Out' of Energy Crisis (July 24, 2008)
Big news from the Teamsters — yesterday General President Jim Hoffa announced a major shift in that union’s direction...

Dept. of News Most of Us Had Already Figured Out (July 23, 2008)
Above: Wall Street Journal Editor The Wall Street Journal discovers today (!) that eight years of Bushonomics have been...

Priorities (July 23, 2008)
I’ve written before about the Bush Labor Department’s glacial pace when it comes to taking action to protect workers’ health...

Faces of Employee Free Choice: Erin Harris (July 23, 2008)
Today’s face of Employee Free Choice is Erin Harris of Albuquerque, New Mexico: I asked Erin why she joined the...

Faces of Employee Free Choice: Harold Appel (July 22, 2008)
Meet our next face of Employee Free Choice — Dr. Harold Appel of New York City: I asked Dr. Appel...

Faces of Employee Free Choice: Ben Karnitschnig (July 21, 2008)
The One Million Strong for Employee Free Choice campaign is rolling on, and the response has been tremendous — more...

Take Back Labor Day (July 18, 2008)
One of the things people have been talking about here at Netroots Nation is how they can take concrete...

Watch Our Netroots Nation Panel LIVE! (July 18, 2008)
Hey everybody… I’m at the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, TX today and our panel, “Growing the American Dream Movement”,...

ANOTHER Farmworker Felled by Heat (July 16, 2008)
Thankfully this isn’t a report of another death, but it’s nearly as bad: Heat puts farm worker on breathing machine...

Two More Farmworkers Killed by Heat (July 11, 2008)
On June 2, I wrote about “The Short Life and Preventable Death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez” — a teenage...

Labor and the Netroots (July 11, 2008)
Over at Talking Points Memo’s sister site TPMCafe, Nathan Newman is challenging the online progressive left — the “netroots” —...

Why Does John McCain Hate Social Security? (July 9, 2008)
In Denver on Monday, Republican presidential candidate John McCain said that it was an “absolute disgrace” that Social Security taxes...

Think You're One in a Million? Here's Your Chance to Prove It (July 8, 2008)
If you’re reading this blog, you know that the American Dream is slipping further out of reach of millions...

Party Like It's 1929 (July 3, 2008)
The Labor Department reported today that June saw the sixth straight month of job losses in America: Employers trimmed...

Circuit City Buyout Falls Through (July 2, 2008)
Looks like we may have Circuit City to kick around for a while longer! Faithful readers of CtW Connect...

McCain Loves "Free" Trade. Rest of America, Not So Much (July 1, 2008)
As John McCain prepares to fly to Colombia — the country where standing up for your rights at work...

Sign the Petition to Build America (June 30, 2008)
It's no secret that America's infrastructure is crumbling. But, you may wonder, is anyone doing anything about it? And...

Who Is Charlie Black? (June 27, 2008)
Code Name: Mr. Black Current Job: Chief Advisor to John McCain Previous Job: Lobbyist for corporate criminals and violent...

Would You Buy a Used Car From This Man? (June 25, 2008)
I told you this back in April, but now noted socialist rag BusinessWeek has noticed that McCain's tax plans...

Whatever You Do, Don't Ask a Worker! (June 20, 2008)
The Center for American Progress rolled out a new report today that asks an important question: when we hear...

Number Who Expect to Take Voluntary Pay Cuts Instead: 0 (June 18, 2008)
The Associated Press reports that one third of CEOs in a recent survey are expecting to lay people off...

UFW Endorses Obama (June 18, 2008)
News from our brothers and sisters at the United Farm Workers: they have endorsed the American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack...

Merced Farm Labor Shut Down (June 13, 2008)
On June 2, I told you about the tragic story of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez -- a 17-year-old pregnant...

Laborers Endorse Obama (June 11, 2008)
The Laborers’ International Union of North America has declared that Barack Obama is the best candidate to be the...

Yes, Virginia, the American Dream is At Risk (June 10, 2008)
If you didn't believe it when we told you, now USA Today has independently verified that a majority of...

Combustible Dust on 60 Minutes this Sunday (June 6, 2008)
We've written a lot in this space on the danger posed to workers by combustible dust, so I wanted to...

Unemployment Spikes -- So Let's Help the Unemployed (June 6, 2008)
Reuters reports that the unemployment rate rose in May for the fifth straight month -- and this increase is the...

Introducing the TRADE Act (June 4, 2008)
Today CtW leaders and progressive lawmakers from Capitol Hill came together to announce the introduction of the Trade Reform, Accountability,...

The American Dream Candidate (June 4, 2008)
The American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack Obama, made history last night by securing the Democratic nomination for the office...

And You Thought George Bush Hadn't Created Any Good Jobs (June 3, 2008)
Turns out he has! Only they're all in Iraq. On May 22, the House Committee on Oversight and Government...

"Speak Up and Demand Justice" (June 3, 2008)
Following up on yesterday's story about the tragic death of underage farmworker Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, here is video from...

The Short Life and Preventable Death of Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez (June 2, 2008)
Meet Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez. On May 13, seventeen-year-old Maria was a farmworker, working the grape vineyard of West...

Good News, Everyone! (May 30, 2008)
I received word today that CtW Connect has been credentialed to cover the Democratic National Convention in Denver this...

Silicon Valley Janitors Win Better Wages, Healthcare, Benefits (May 29, 2008)
A week ago, I wrote about how janitors at high-tech companies across Silicon Valley were walking out on strike...

Watching the Detectives (May 28, 2008)
Apparently even though they felt their financial situation was so dire they had to fire their 3,400 most productive...

Stopping the Misclassification Scam (May 27, 2008)
CtW Executive Director Greg Tarpinian calls out the corporate scam of "misclassification" -- and challenges Congress to stop it --...

Now Who Will Vacuum Up All the Cheeto Dust? (May 22, 2008)
Picture by Flickr user thp365 Janitors who work in the San Francisco Bay Area at some of the world's...

Change To Win: Pushing Obama To Victory In Oregon (May 20, 2008)
Change to Win members have been working hard to help The American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack Obama, win a...

This Injustice Brought to You by the Letter "U" (May 19, 2008)
... "U" for "Unfair", that is. The story begins on May 9, when organizers from the United Farm Workers...

Two Million Workers Denied the American Dream (May 15, 2008)
Imagine if every single person in the city of Houston, Texas had to endure a cruddy job with low...

Colombian Workers Speak Out Against Colombia FTA (May 13, 2008)
Paramilitary death squads in Colombia have systematically assassinated thousands of workers over the past twenty years for attempting to organize...

Working People Can Make the Difference This Fall (May 13, 2008)
Good think-piece in today's Politico by former Democratic House leader Martin Frost on how working people's votes will be key...

Circuit City Surrenders to Reality (May 12, 2008)
Oh, Circuit City. What will we do when we don't have you to kick around anymore? If you've been...

The Kids Are All Right (May 12, 2008)
I had the good fortune to attend the "A Better Deal Conference" last Friday, which brought together young progressive...

The End of the Beginning (May 7, 2008)
The results are in from yesterday's Democratic primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, and it's hard to see how...

George Bush Doesn't Care About Exploding People (May 2, 2008)
We’ve written extensively in this space on the problem of combustible dust explosions.  There’s been some activity on this...

Hungry Hogs Hurting Homeowners; Laborers Fighting Back (April 30, 2008)
Unless you've been living in a cave somewhere, you're probably familiar with the subprime mortgage crisis and the shock...

"Take It Back" (April 25, 2008)
Yesterday, the American Dream Candidate, Senator Barack Obama, stopped by the annual convention of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)...

"Negotiate Green" (April 22, 2008)
Today is Earth Day, which makes this announcement from SEIU all the more timely: Just in time for Earth Day...

McCainonomics: More of the Same-onomics (April 17, 2008)
Well, John McCain has finally seen fit to share his "plan" for revitalizing the American economy. He laid out...

Turns Out Presidenting IS Hard Work! (April 15, 2008)
Today's Washington Post reports that just about everybody not actually named "Bush" thinks that the President has mishandled the...

DC Security Guards Win First-Ever Union Contract (April 14, 2008)
Great news today from SEIU: D.C. City Council Members and clergy joined with Local 32BJ today to announce agreements...

There is No Place at the Table for Union-Busters (April 11, 2008)
As I have documented in this space, despite the impression you may have gotten from the media coverage of Mark...

Mark Penn Thinks You Are Really Dumb (April 8, 2008)
... dumb enough to believe that he has been fired from Hillary Clinton's campaign staff, when in fact he...

Mark Penn Still Has to Go (April 7, 2008)
You may be wondering what our reaction is to this weekend's statement from the Hillary Clinton campaign regarding Mark...

Mark Penn Has to Go (April 4, 2008)
Today's Wall Street Journal contains a fairly damning story about Mark Penn, the chief strategist for Senator Hillary Clinton's...

Why Are the Economists Always The Last Ones to Figure These Things Out? (April 4, 2008)
Above: Economist Any working person could have told them this ages ago, but today the economists finally figured out...

Krug-Mondavi Workers Win New Contract (April 4, 2008)
Good news from the United Farm Workers -- Nearly two years after being fired, Charles Krug-Mondavi workers back on job...

Score One for Common Sense (April 2, 2008)
Last Thursday, I pointed out that Wal-Mart's treatment of Deborah Shank, a mother of three and ex-worker there who had...

"The Bedrock of Our Economic Success is the American Dream" (March 28, 2008)
Yesterday at the Cooper Union in New York City, the American Dream candidate, Senator Barack Obama, gave a wide-ranging speech...

Head, Meet Sand (March 27, 2008)
Last month I told you about the launch of the Shame on Elaine campaign, which aimed to expose Elaine...

Wal-Mart: Worst Person in the World (March 27, 2008)
So saith Keith Olbermann on his nightly news broadcast on MSNBC, Countdown: The St. Louis Post Dispatch has more: The...

Unsustainable? Puhleeeeze! (March 26, 2008)
At a press conference on yesterday’s release of the latest Trustees’ report on Social Security and Medicare, Treasury Secretary...

Calling Out McCainonomics (March 26, 2008)
Today in Greensboro, North Carolina, Senator Barack Obama took on the unbearable lightness of John McCain's economic policies: [McCain] said...

Whose Side Are You On? (March 25, 2008)
[ Note: With this post, we're happy to introduce our first guestblogger here at CtW Connect! Rep. Louise M. Slaughter...

The Cost of Not Fixing the Health Care System (March 24, 2008)
The Washington Post has a good look today at just how burdensome out-of-control health care costs have become, for workers...

Check It Out: The New Cesar Chavez Action and Information Center (March 20, 2008)
If you haven't seen it already, the United Farm Workers have put up an excellent online resource center on...

What Obama Did (March 19, 2008)
As he left the Constitutional Convention in 1787, having signed the document that still serves as the bedrock of...

"A Little Bit Disappointed" (March 18, 2008)
Just weeks after an Imperial Sugar plant in Georgia was devastated by a combustible dust explosion (which claimed another life...

War Is Economic Policy (March 17, 2008)
One of the great myths of this election is that there is a distinction between national security and economic policy....

"I Trust the American Workforce" (March 14, 2008)
Senator Barack Obama in Fairless Hills, PA on March 11: Highlights: You know, the best-run companies, I notice, are the...

OSHA to Workers: You Can't Have a Rule Protecting You From Combustible Dust Explosions. But You CAN Have a Web Page! (March 10, 2008)
OSHA never ceases to amaze. After weeks of controversy around their unwillingness to protect workers from combustible dust, late last...

Making the Difference for Obama (March 6, 2008)
Change to Win Chair Anna Burger's official statement on the March 4 primaries: The aggressive education and mobilization efforts of...

In Case You Were Curious (March 4, 2008)
... here's a good rundown of all the support that workers in Change to Win unions are giving Senator Barack...

OSHA to Workers: All Right, All Right, We'll Check if Your Workplace is About to Explode. But Just This Once! (March 4, 2008)
On February 20, I wrote in this space about OSHA's inaction on the problem of "combustible dust" -- invisible particles...

Barack Obama: The American Dream Candidate (March 3, 2008)
Today, we released the latest in our ongoing series of American Dream Surveys, tracking how America's workers see the...

CtW Leaders Stand With Obama on Trade (March 3, 2008)
You've probably seen the charges that have been circulating that Barack Obama has been misrepresenting his positions on trade. Today,...

Providing a Bridge to the Middle Class (February 29, 2008)
A few days ago, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) released a fascinating report that confirms a lot...

National Commission on ICE Misconduct Holds First Hearing (February 26, 2008)
The UFCW, along with leading labor and civil rights specialists held the first in a series of nationwide hearings...

Fired Up, Ready to Go: Change to Win Endorses Sen. Barack Obama for President (February 21, 2008)
In a few minutes, we will make the official announcement to the media that Change to Win is endorsing...

It's Past Time to Protect Workers from Combustible Dust (February 20, 2008)
On Friday, February 8, the Imperial Sugar processing plant in Port Wentworth, Georgia, exploded. The explosion killed at least eight...

Teamsters Rally to Fire Mary Peters (February 19, 2008)
Remember when I told you last week that the Teamsters were going to be rallying in San Francisco last week...

The Glass is Half Full! OF DEBT (February 14, 2008)
Anyone following the op-ed pages of the New York Times over the last few days would have been treated...

"One Day I Will Never Forget" (February 13, 2008)
The House of Representatives' Committee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law is hearing testimony right now...

A Question For You (February 13, 2008)
If you had to guess what each of the dots on the map above represented, what would you guess?...

Shame on Elaine (February 12, 2008)
The always-excellent American Rights at Work has launched a new site today titled "Shame on Elaine" that exposes the...

New York Cracks Down on Misclassification (February 12, 2008)
We told you back in September about a task force set up by New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to...

Montreal Cintas Employees Form First Union in Company History (February 11, 2008)
A group of Cintas employees in Montreal have become the first ever Cintas workers to successfully join together in a...

Green Jobs, Good Jobs (February 11, 2008)
We've probably all heard somebody assert at some point that there's a tradeoff between economic prosperity and environmental friendliness....

Rally to Fire Mary Peters Tomorrow in San Francisco (February 11, 2008)
If you're in the Bay Area and you want to protest Transportation Secretary Mary Peters' disregard for the law and...

Improved Stimulus Package Fails in Senate By Single Vote; Chamber Passes GOP Alternative Instead (February 7, 2008)
Well, the Senate voted last night on the improved stimulus package I've been posting about, and thanks to obstructionist Republican...

Sure, We Might Fire You Suddenly to Cut Costs. But We Gave You a Pair of Black Jeans! (February 7, 2008)
I've blogged before in this space about the continual flailing of Circuit City ever since they decided last spring...

"A Hopeful Year for Unions" (February 7, 2008)
In reference to the 2007 uptick in union membership that we noted on January 26th, there's a good editorial...

Fire Mary Peters (February 6, 2008)
How could we make America's highways safer? The Teamsters have one suggestion: Fire Mary Peters. Peters is George Bush's Secretary...

Take Action: Tell the Senate to Fix the Stimulus Package (February 5, 2008)
Speaking of the need for a real stimulus package, you can help make it a reality. The Senate will be...

From the "Truth is Stranger than Fiction" Department (February 4, 2008)
Courtesy of the OSHA Underground blog, I discover that you can buy OSHA compliance training from none other than... Cintas:...

Real Stimulus, Please (February 4, 2008)
There was some good sense being made in the pages of the nation's newspapers over the weekend. One example could...

Social Security Pioneer Robert M. Ball Has Passed Away (January 31, 2008)
One of the pioneering leaders in establishing retirement security for all Americans, Robert M. Ball, passed away Tuesday night...

More SOTU Reactions (January 29, 2008)
My previous post shared the CtW perspective on yesterday's State of the Union address. But how's it being received...

"Change Begins Now in America" (January 29, 2008)
CtW Chair Anna Burger has issued a statement regarding the President's State of the Union address yesterday.  Here's the link....

Heckuva Job! (January 28, 2008)
The White House announced today late Friday that the President is nominating Robert Battista for another term as Chair...

Mozilo Retreats (a Bit) on Compensation Package (January 28, 2008)
I wrote in this space two weeks ago about the enormous payout that outgoing Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo was expecting...

2007 Saw First Increase in U.S. Union Membership Since 1983 (January 26, 2008)
Last night the Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped some good news -- 2007 saw an increase in union membership in...

Stimulus Package Needs to Do More for Working Families (January 25, 2008)
We've just released a statement by Change to Win Chair Anna Burger on the economic stimulus "compromise" package that was...

In 2007, Workers' Wages Saw Biggest Drop in 17 Years (January 18, 2008)
The numbers are in on how much working people made in 2007, and they ain't pretty. This week, the Bureau...

A Reality Check for Rep. Bachmann (January 17, 2008)
ThinkProgress reports on a Capitol Hill press conference yesterday where Republican Representative Michele Bachmann (who already has an, um,...

How One Union's Workers Brought the American Dream Back to Las Vegas (January 16, 2008)
Looking towards the upcoming Nevada caucus, The American Prospect is re-running a great article by Harold Meyerson from 2004 showing...

Failing Upward (January 14, 2008)
Let's assume for a moment that you were the CEO of a major financial services company.  And that you...

Rose-Colored Glasses (January 3, 2008)
Like weatherman, economists don't have to be right very often to keep their jobs. Stephen Rose, an economist formerly of...

Looking Back on 2007 (December 31, 2007)
Well, we've come to the end of 2007 so it's a good time to look back. Here's a few of...

Bob Herbert is Making Sense (December 23, 2007)
... in his column in Saturday's New York Times: Christmastime is bonus time on Wall Street, and the Gucci set...

FedEx Fined Millions by IRS For Misclassifying Workers (December 23, 2007)
You may remember that back in October we called out FedEx Ground for scamming the workers who make it a...

Report Roundup! (December 21, 2007)
The last few weeks have seen a slew of interesting new reports that speak directly to the prospects workers have...

Nobody Could Have Seen THIS Coming. Right? (December 17, 2007)
Back in March, in a truly boneheaded cost-cutting maneuver, Circuit City decided to lay off 3,400 of their highest-performing...

UNITE HERE Worker Testifies on NLRB Failures (December 13, 2007)
Members of Congress heard firsthand today how real workers are affected by the Bush-appointed National Labor Relations Board’s failure...

The ICE Raids: One Year Later (December 12, 2007)
Today marks the one year anniversary of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s (ICE) raids of Swift and Co. meatpacking...

Swing Voters, 2008, and the American Dream (December 11, 2007)
Today we released the latest in our continuing series of public opinion surveys about the future of the American Dream....

Keeping an "Eye on the NLRB" (December 11, 2007)
Good news today from American Rights at Work -- they've expanded their monthly newsletter, "Eye on the NLRB", into a...

How Many Mansions Does One Guy Need, Anyway? (December 6, 2007)
We've written before in this space about the towering greed of billionaire Henry Kravis. Now filmmaker Robert Greenwald has put...

To Dream the "Impossible" Dream (November 29, 2007)
I was disappointed to see Robert J. Samuelson's column in the Washington Post yesterday, "The Impossible Dream", which uses the...

Take Action: Condemn the Bush Board's Assault on Workers (November 20, 2007)
We told you on Friday about our condemnation of the Bush Labor Board and its pattern of anti-worker decisions....

Time for Change at the NLRB (November 16, 2007)
There was a huge turnout for yesterday's protest at the NLRB against their anti-worker decisions.  Here's some pics we took:...

Our Broken Labor Laws: Condemning the NLRB and Demanding a Return to Our Principles (November 15, 2007)
Today, fewer and fewer workers are able to exercise their right to a union. The result is unprecedented income and...

This Thursday, Stand Up For Workers' Rights (November 14, 2007)
We've written before in this space about the most recent assault on workers' rights by George W. Bush's National...

Won't Somebody Think of the Billionaires?!? (November 13, 2007)
You know, in this crazy mixed-up world, it's good to know that there are people out there who are...

"Victimizing the Victim" (November 9, 2007)
Our Executive Director, Greg Tarpinian, blogged in this space a few days ago about the recent spate of anti-worker decisions...

Join the Movement (November 9, 2007)
It occurs to me that I should mention we're looking for a few good people to help restore the American...

Writers Walk Out (November 5, 2007)
The strike by the 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America to get fairer compensation for their work is...

Bush Board Launches Massive New Assault on Workers (November 2, 2007)
With its term coming to an end, the Bush Administration's craven fealty to the most extreme interests of corporate America...

Henry Kravis' Transparent Greed (November 1, 2007)
(This entry cross-posted at the Huffington Post) You have to give it to Henry Kravis. Few people would have the...

Raids Have Consequences (November 1, 2007)
In the wake of Congress's failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement administration (ICE) has stepped...

When Will Cintas Learn? (October 31, 2007)
For the fifth time since the tragic death of Cintas worker Eleazar Torres Gomez at a Tulsa, Oklahoma laundry facility,...

Has FedEx Hired Santa Claus? (October 29, 2007)
Any five year-old can tell you that there is only one individual out there who could really make “The...

Rebuilding New Orleans, Two Years On (October 26, 2007)
I spent the latter half of last week in New Orleans, attending the convention of the International Labor Communications Association...

Misclassification Allegations Hit Blackwater (October 23, 2007)
Do you think that employee misclassification -- the scam where corporations claim their employees are "independent contractors" rather than full-time...

The SCHIP Roll Call (October 19, 2007)
A New York Times blog post today lists the roll call from yesterday's house vote on the State Children's Health...

Business Groups and Allies in Congress Push for Cheap Immigrant Labor (October 15, 2007)
The AgJobs bill (S. 340/H.R. 371) -- a compromise reached between farm workers and growers -- would streamline the H-2A visa...

Gross Income Inequality (October 12, 2007)
New IRS Data based on the adjusted gross income in a large sample of tax returns shows income inequality in...

That's What They Call a Win-Win (October 10, 2007)
Here's a great story in Slate by Emily Bazelon on the alliance between labor activists and environmentalists in Southern...

Huckabee: Unions are the Future (October 10, 2007)
At least one Republican presidential candidate understands growing economic inequality in the American economy and that joining a union can...

Bush Says NO to Children's Health Care, Wagons (October 3, 2007)
Thought Bush's veto of SCHIP was heartless? Yesterday, the White House turned away children who hauled mailbags of petitions to...

CtW Convention 2007: Barack Obama (October 2, 2007)
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) joined the Change to Win Convention in Chicago on September 25 to share with us his...

CtW Convention 2007: John Edwards (October 2, 2007)
Former North Carolina Senator and current Presidential candidate John Edwards joined the Change to Win Convention in Chicago on September...

CtW Convention 2007: Hillary Rodham Clinton (October 2, 2007)
Senator and Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) was scheduled to address the 2007 Convention, but unfortunately travel difficulties left...

Workers Win at UPS (October 1, 2007)
Two big announcements today from the Teamsters! The first is a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract that...

CtW Convention 2007: Resolutions Passed (October 1, 2007)
The convention wasn't all about candidates and speeches.  Two resolutions were introduced; both were passed unanimously.  Here are key excerpts...

CtW Convention 2007: CtW Leaders Speak (September 28, 2007)
The convention saw presentations from leaders from across Change to Win. Here's some pictures: Terry O'Sullivan, General President, Laborers International Union...

CtW Convention 2007: Our Newest American Dream Survey (September 28, 2007)
One of the highlights of the convention was the release of the latest installment in the American Dream Project: our ongoing...

Blogging LIVE! From the CtW Convention in Chicago. Well, Kind Of (September 25, 2007)
OK, it's not really live. We run a lean operation here, so I was too busy helping out with the...

Video From NY Misclassification Announcement (September 21, 2007)
Remember that Executive Order by New York Governor Eliot Spitzer on misclassification that we told you about? We've got some...

R-E-S-P-E-C-T (September 20, 2007)
Great news from the House of Representatives yesterday -- the RESPECT Act has been passed by the House Education and...

Fixing a Broken System (September 14, 2007)
If you want to know just how broken the system that's supposed to protect workers' right to organize has become, read...

Unions Boost Productivity (September 13, 2007)
Unions bring higher wages and better benefits to the workers they represent, but they also bring increased productivity to employers...

UFCW Sues To Protect Workers' 4th Amendment Rights (September 12, 2007)
Since we've written before in this space about the inappropriate military-style tactics being employed against workers these days by...

"Misclassification of Workers is Theft" (September 7, 2007)
Workers who are misclassified as independent contractors in New York are getting the help they deserve. Governor Eliot Spitzer...

Making Today's Bad Jobs Into Tomorrow's Good Jobs (September 6, 2007)
Whaddaya know, I was just talking about how union workers have better access to health care than non-union workers do,...

You Can't Do That On Television! No, Really. You CAN'T DO THAT. (September 5, 2007)
Now that reality TV has brought us such compelling moments as Donald Trump screaming at us and random idiots off...

What Does the American Dream Mean to You? (September 5, 2007)
Ever since Change to Win began, we've been paying attention to something we think is a key indicator of working...

Labor Day 2007: New Hope for the American Dream (August 31, 2007)
CtW Chair Anna Burger's statement for Labor Day 2007: Over the past year, Change to Win has asked workers in...

CEO Pay Calculator Needs An Upgrade (August 31, 2007)
When we created the CEO pay calculator last year, average CEO pay was 262 times the pay of the...

"These Days, It's Katrina All the Time" (August 31, 2007)
Today's Krugman column in the NYTimes is another brilliant, scathing indictment of the Bush Administration. On the second anniversary...

New Census Report: Income Stagnant, Health Coverage Declining (August 29, 2007)
Yesterday, the Census Bureau released the latest edition of their Current Population Survey, titled Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage...

The Union Advantage on Health Coverage (August 27, 2007)
Here's a statement that you will probably consider uncontroversial: "The less that people have to pay out of their own pockets...

"It was like a drug raid" (August 24, 2007)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials say everything was "done by the book" when federal agents stormed the home...

Missing the Point (August 22, 2007)
You know, if you're looking for a laugh, the "blog" over at the Center for Union "Facts" has really...

Please Sir, Can I Have Some More? (August 22, 2007)
In his column in today's Washington Post, Harold Myerson describes the Bush Administration's disdainful attitude towards expanding children's health...

America is at the Tipping Point (August 21, 2007)
When Change to Win’s first American Dream survey was released in September 2006 and showed that the vast majority of...

Winners and Losers in the Mortgage Meltdown (August 20, 2007)
The chickens have come home to roost on the speculative Bush economy - an economy built on massive amounts of...

OSHA Slaps Cintas With Historic Fine for Workplace Safety Violations (August 17, 2007)
Back in March, we told you about the tragic fate of Eleazar Torres-Gomez, a worker at a Cintas laundry facility...

Didn't We Figure This Out, Like, 100 Years Ago? (August 16, 2007)
From yesterday's New York Times: "Many customers are running out of money at the end of the month," said H....

"Work is Not a Crime. Workers Are Not Criminals" (August 16, 2007)
Some voices from today's UFCW-organized meeting on ICE's abuses of power: Mike Graves, worker at a plant raided by ICE...

We Are All America (August 16, 2007)
The UFCW is standing up for the rights of workers everywhere in the face of increasingly aggressive and harassing tactics by the agents of...

Techies and Teamsters Together (August 9, 2007)
This is super cool -- the first real fruit to come from the alliance of Techies and Teamsters at the...

Republican Presidential Candidate Suffers Temporary Bout of Sanity (August 9, 2007)
At this week's debate for Democratic Presidential candidates organized by the AFL-CIO, retired steelworker Steve Skvara described how his pension...

Labor Linkage for August 8, 2007 (August 8, 2007)
Kos and Hoffa: How the Netroots and the Dem Party Can Win Allying with Others (TomP at DailyKos) YearlyKos:...

Dirty Laundry (August 8, 2007)
Cintas Corp., a uniform and laundry services company, has a history of breaking the law and violating workers' rights. In...

Yearly Kos: The Rest (August 7, 2007)
And now, the rest of my miscellaneous impressions from Yearly Kos... DNC Chair Governor Howard Dean's keynote on the first...

Yearly Kos: CtW Leaders Meet the Netroots (August 7, 2007)
I wasn't the only person from Change to Win who made it to Yearly Kos -- some of the leaders...

Yearly Kos: Labor and the Netroots (August 6, 2007)
The next issue I'd like to address from Yearly Kos is a broader one that I think deserves some attention and...

Yearly Kos: Presidenting is Hard Work (August 6, 2007)
So I spent the better part of last week at the Yearly Kos Convention in Chicago, hanging out with the...

Pictures From YearlyKos (August 6, 2007)
I spent the better part of last week at the YearlyKos Convention in Chicago, confabb-ing with the progressive netroots. I've...

In the Name of Big Tobacco, Republican Lawmakers Oppose Health Care for Poor Children (August 2, 2007)
SCHIP Passes House; Bush still threatens veto. Five million children of the working poor who would otherwise have no...

The One Thing Kids and Their Parents Agree On (July 27, 2007)
... is that the economy is doing badly enough to be a major cause for concern. A Wall Street...

It is Brooks Who Strays From Reality (July 26, 2007)
David Brooks (NY Times, A Reality-Based Economy, July 24) cherry-picks data to claim that today’s economic reality is going...

CEPR Reality Checks David Brooks (July 25, 2007)
Today in American Prospect's Beat the Press, Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, gives a point-by-point rebuttal...

"Pretend" Benefits (July 24, 2007)
Michael Moore's movie "Sicko" made the point that it was not focusing on the uninsured, but on those "who have...

Workers Get a Raise (July 24, 2007)
Long overdue, the nation’s most underpaid workers got their first raise in a decade today, thanks to the nation-wide...

Let Them Use Emergency Rooms! (July 24, 2007)
  Here's an "up yours" response from one New York Times reader to President Bush's preventative colonoscopy in light of the president's recent Antoinette-esque statement...

Southern California Grocery Workers Ratify New Contract (July 23, 2007)
In case you missed the big blurb on our homepage this morning, the Southern California grocery workers voted overwhelmingly over...

A Thank You From UFW (July 19, 2007)
Regarding the UFW's victory at Threemile, here's a message to all of you from UFW President Arturo Rodriguez:...

Ohio Home Health Care Providers to Gain a Voice on the Job (July 18, 2007)
Gov. Ted Strickland signs executive order that allows nurses and direct care aides who are independent contractors to choose a union...

SoCal Grocery Workers, Chains Reach Tentative Contract Agreement (July 18, 2007)
Two bits of great news in a row! I like this week :-) Grocery workers in Southern California (members of...

UFW, Threemile Sign Collective Bargaining Agreement (July 16, 2007)
Great news today from our brothers and sisters at the United Farm Workers: THREEMILE CANYON FARMS AND UFW SIGN COLLECTIVE...

The New Gilded Age (July 15, 2007)
There's a fascinating story in the New York Times today on how the rise of a new class of billionaires...

Economic Anxiety and the American Dream (July 13, 2007)
Change to Win led a Brookings Institution panel today titled Economic Anxiety and the American Dream. The discussion centered on the Working...

Janitors Arrested in Cincinnati (July 12, 2007)
Janitors in three Midwestern cities -- Columbus, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati -- have joined together to help each other reach the...

Retirement Security at Risk for Millions of Americans (July 12, 2007)
It's no secret that our middle class is under attack. No serious presidential candidate is denying that working America faces...

"Just For Once, Tell the Truth" (July 10, 2007)
Since Greg mentioned "Sicko", I thought you all might be interested in watching Michael Moore take Wolf Blitzer behind the...

"Sicko" Shows America's Shame (July 10, 2007)
We live in a country where a rich man's dog receives better medical care than millions of our citizens. "Sicko,"...

Is the American Dream At Risk in the 21st Century? (July 10, 2007)
Amid record corporate profits and an uneven economic recovery, public opinion nonetheless suggests increasing economic anxiety among middle-class Americans....

Labor Linkage for July 9, 2007 (July 9, 2007)
Caremark director election highlights troubles (Associated Press) Labor Unions Without Borders (US News & World Report)...

Trial Begins for Mining Company Accused of Killing Colombian Labor Leaders (July 9, 2007)
A civil trial begins today in Birmingham, Alabama, where lawyers for the International Labor Rights Fund and the United Steelworkers will...

Neil Cavuto: Terrorist Propagandist? (July 9, 2007)
Neil Cavuto spewing propaganda for terrorists? The Fox News (?) network journalist (?) is blaming the UK's national healthcare program...

Labor Linkage for July 6, 2007 (July 6, 2007)
Yes! Labor Linkage has returned! Try to contain your excitement. Feds OK union election at FedEx in Wilmington (Wilmington Advocate) Union...

Ask No Questions And Hear No Lies: CEO Pay in Plain English (July 5, 2007)
American Eagle Outfitters paid its CEO a whopping $15.3 million in 2006, according to a May 1st proxy statement, or...

Utility Workers Stand Up (July 3, 2007)
Change to Win Executive Director Greg Tarpinian received a standing ovation from delegates at the Utility Workers Union of...

Headrick Steps Down (July 3, 2007)
Embattled CVS/Caremark director Roger Headrick is stepping down from the company's board amid shareholder demands for accountability for past failures and scrutiny...

Greenwald Takes On Supermarket Titans (July 3, 2007)
Documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald has launched a new campaign to raise public awareness about the wages and benefits issues faced...

Wal-Mart: Anywhere But America (June 28, 2007)
It’s safe to say: Wal-Mart likes to buy from anywhere but America. The retail behemoth’s “Buy America program” has...

They're On Notice! (June 27, 2007)
By popular demand (check out the comments on yesterday's post!) -- the roll call from yesterday's EFCA vote in...

Senate Takes Up Employee Free Choice Act (June 26, 2007)
The Senate took up the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) today. Since the House passed EFCA overwhelmingly back in...

The Private Equity Tax Rip-Off (June 26, 2007)
Where could the U.S. government come up with the money to lift up those Americans hurt most by the rapidly...

Rich People Have Problems Too! (June 22, 2007)
... like whether to buy a supersonic personal jet, or just a plain old regular one: The Texas billionaire...

Blame The CEO In The Corner Office For Economic Woes, Not The Guy Who Cleans It (June 20, 2007)
  Janitor Photo: ©2006 Cameron Davidson Conservative politicians and pundits (and some liberal ones) love to shake their fists about...

CtW Members and Leaders Speak Out for Employee Free Choice Act (June 20, 2007)
Thousands of Change to Win union members rallied outside the U.S. Senate yesterday to tell Senators to pass legislation that...

Rally to Tell the Senate: Pass the Employee Free Choice Act! (June 15, 2007)
On June 19, working people from across America will be coming together in Washington, DC to demand that the U.S. Senate...

The New York Times Has An Objection (June 15, 2007)
The NYT Editorial Board stood up for home health care providers today in an editorial criticizing the Labor Department regulation...

Catch Andy Stern on Bill Moyers Journal Tonight (June 15, 2007)
Do you own one of those new-fangled talking picture boxes ("tele-vision", I believe they call it)? Then be sure to...

How Sweet It Isn't (June 13, 2007)
The Hershey Company, the makers of the quintessentially American chocolate bar, have announced that they are cutting 11.5% of their...

A Follow-Up (June 12, 2007)
Robert Senser raises two points in his comment in response to my post “(Union) Made in China: The Tag Corporate...

Care-Less (June 12, 2007)
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to basic fairness yesterday in Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. V. Coke,...

Today is World Day Against Child Labor (June 12, 2007)
Did you know? June 12 (that's today, at least on this side of the International Date Line) is the International...

Hey Grads! Welcome to Reality! (June 11, 2007)
As college kids across America line up to get their diplomas, the New York Times has a splash of cold water for the men...

All In A Day's Work (June 11, 2007)
Cleaning a hotel room is as difficult as construction work? That's what an Ergonomics professor says as reported by the Philadelphia...

The Jerk Store Called... (June 11, 2007)
George Costanza, meet Eliot Spitzer. The New York Governor is in the business of putting jerk employers out of...

(Union) Made in China: The Tag Corporate America Doesn't Want You to See (June 6, 2007)
Multinational corporations have been roaming the globe in a race to the bottom, competing solely on which can pay their...

Dell: Downsizing, or Decapitating? (June 1, 2007)
"While reductions in head count are always difficult for a company, we know these actions are critical to our ability...

The Question Isn't Why We Went to China -- It's Why Wouldn't We? (June 1, 2007)
There’s no question as to why the modern labor movement would need to pay attention to China. Every major U.S....

LA Security Guards Score Major Victory (May 21, 2007)
Four thousand security guards in Los Angeles just became the newest members of the Service Employees International Union. Union officials...

Can you hear us now? (May 21, 2007)
In a survey of 800 non-supervisory workers conducted for Change to Win by Lake Research Partners in March, 68%...

"What We Require Is No Fear" (May 21, 2007)
The L.A. Times has a great story today about how local unions are helping gang members move from the world...

Gesundheit! (May 15, 2007)
Bob Herbert's column in the New York Times today covers the new effort to ensure that all full-time workers are...

The $8,812 Missing from Your Wallet (May 8, 2007)
Profits for Fortune 500 companies rose 29 percent in 2006 to $785 billion, the highest in half a century. Median...

This will knock the wind out of you (May 7, 2007)
A California lawmaker has introduced a bill in the State Assembly to ban the use of diacetyl, a chemical used in artificial...

"I see," said the blind man (May 7, 2007)
Pro-free trade economist Alan S. Blinder sounded the alarm in the Washington Post today on an unlikely topic: the...

Cause, Meet Effect (May 3, 2007)
I'm sure we'll hear Circuit City executives soon enough arguing that this had absolutely nothing to do with this: Circuit...

Help to Air Some Dirty Laundry (May 2, 2007)
No corporation should cut corners on worker safety. Cintas Corp. did just that and it may have cost a...

If This Doesn't Make You Angry, You're Not Paying Attention (April 26, 2007)
At a hearing before the Senate's Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee today, Konnie Campagna, a registered nurse from Washington State,...

Unions: the Answer to Rising Income Inequality (April 24, 2007)
It’s difficult to comprehend an economy where a corporate executive leaves his office every night wearing a watch that cost...

Wal-Mart Scamming Billions in State Taxes (April 17, 2007)
It's Tax Day! And while the rest of us have to pay our own taxes, Wal-Mart has figured out...

Too many Americans living in poverty (April 17, 2007)
An editorial in today’s New York Times explains why poverty levels in American may be higher than previously thought,...

There Is A War On The Middle Class (April 16, 2007)
Last month, the New York Times’ David Cay Johnston reported the extraordinary fact that, in 2005, the top 1 percent...

'There Ought to Be Democracy in the Capital of the United States' (April 13, 2007)
Hotel workers rally in DC

"A Triumph of Corporate and Financial Power" (April 12, 2007)
Regarding the Big Picture behind the Circuit City fiasco, Harold Meyerson nailed it in yesterday's Washington Post: One can only...

What Do Workers Know? (April 11, 2007)
When the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported job growth of 180,000 in March, the business press and the Bush administration...

The Empire Strikes Back (April 10, 2007)
Remember that Wal-Mart security worker who blew the whistle on their creepily extensive spying operations? Well, Wal-Mart has struck...

Labor Linkage for Monday, April 9 (April 9, 2007)
Latte Laborers Take On a Latte-Liberal Business (New York Times) Radio Interview with CtW Chair Anna Burger on the...

Wal-Mart to Customers, Employees, Vendors, and Pretty Much Everybody Else: Sorry We Spied On You! (April 5, 2007)
Apparently the high cost of low prices includes privacy: The Wal-Mart Stores Inc. worker fired last month for intercepting a reporter's...

The Working American Dream Agenda (April 4, 2007)
This morning, Change to Win is releasing the results of a new survey, "The Working American Dream Agenda". This survey is...

'This Is A Fight For The Soul Of Our Newspaper' (April 3, 2007)
If you haven't been following the battle out in Santa Barbara, California, over the fate of their local paper, the...

Interview with an Honest Boss (April 2, 2007)
(You can send this as an e-card from Hallmark.com.)...

When Even the Economists Notice, You Know It's a Problem (March 30, 2007)
The Wall Street Journal has a good story about how many of the most fervent advocates of unfettered free trade...

Labor Linkage for Thursday, March 29 (March 29, 2007)
The marriage of hypocrisy and corruption in Washington (David Sirota) The Disposable Workforce (Michael Shedlock) Wal-Mart Walks Away (Working...

Look! A Foot! Shoot It! (March 29, 2007)
Circuit City, the second-largest retail electronics chain in America, has announced that they are firing 3,400 of their highest-paid workers...

Southern Poverty Law Center Documents Systematic Abuse in Guestworker Programs (March 29, 2007)
Mary Bauer, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, presented her report Close to Slavery: Guestworker Programs...

Justice for Janitors Campaign Plays Starring Role in Houston HR Conference (March 29, 2007)
The Houston janitors and their high-profile, successful campaign to organize downtown office buildings were a hot topic at a conference...

Labor Linkage for Wednesday, March 28 (March 28, 2007)
"Our Low-Wage Nation", by Tula Connell at the Bonddad Blog "Walmart does not really have the lowest prices always",...

Senate Committee Vote is Important Step (March 23, 2007)
The Teamsters scored a significant victory today in the fight to stop President Bush's reckless plan to open the United...

The Gloves Are Off (March 19, 2007)
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union, joined by the AFL-CIO, has successfully pressured the Bush Administration to rule on...

Hoffa: Trucks Not Ready for Our Roads (March 15, 2007)
Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa wrote the following letter to the editor, which ran in today's Washington Post. The...

Carpenters Using Text-Messaging to Connect with Young Workers (March 14, 2007)
The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters has begun utilizing new methods and 21st century technology to connect with the...

Campaign to Change Wal-Mart is on Investors' Radar (March 9, 2007)
Wall Street investors have taken notice of the broad effort to change Wal-Mart’s harmful business practices. Bank of America...

Tragedy in Tulsa (March 7, 2007)
Tragic news today from Cintas: Eleazar Torres-Gomez, a Cintas worker at an industrial laundry facility in Tulsa, died at work...

Free Trade Policy Has Failed (March 7, 2007)
(Also posted at The Hill's Congress Blog) The free trade model of the past is failed policy. The only way...

NY Times to Bush: Put your pen where your mouth is (March 7, 2007)
A New York Times editorial yesterday challenged President Bush to live up to his promises and sign the Employee...

Quality Affordable Health Care for All, Not Tax Cuts for the Rich (March 2, 2007)
Sixty-four percent of Americans now say the government should guarantee quality affordable health care for all, according to the...

In Case of Bad Day At Work, Break Glass (March 1, 2007)
For every working person who's ever had a tough day on the job: here's your anthem. If you're feeling...

Workers to Congress: Help Us Have a Voice (February 28, 2007)
Anishya Sanders and Kenny Tucker didn’t clock in today, but they did put time in with their legislators on...

Two Things You Can Do Today to Help Pass the Employee Free Choice Act (February 26, 2007)
In my last post, I said I would follow up with suggestions on how you can take action to...

News Flash: Wal-Mart Uses Sweatshop Labor (February 22, 2007)
The Worker Rights Consortium turned up the heat on Wal-Mart yesterday with a new report that confirms what we...

Let's Talk About EFCA (February 20, 2007)
If you follow labor issues at all -- and since you're reading this blog, that's probably a safe bet --...

Pro-Employee Free Choice Act op-ed in the LA Times (February 20, 2007)
Harley Shaiken, a professor specializing in labor and the global economy at UC Berkeley, wrote an op-ed in Saturday’s...

American Rights at Work sets the record straight (February 20, 2007)
Powerful, well-funded business special interest groups have launched a campaign of misinformation to derail the Employee Free Choice Act,...

Welcome to CtW Connect, the blog (February 20, 2007)
CtW introduced Connect  a couple of months ago as an online newsletter to bring you news, action items and...