Unions


Richard Eskow's picture

Invisible Americans: The Overlooked Millions Inside Those Job Numbers

Some politicians are saying that the latest unemployment report is good news, but it's not. It shows us that this country is still in crisis. It shows us that the government needs to act quickly and aggressively to create jobs, and to restore the lost earning power of the average American who has a job. more »

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Richard Eskow's picture

Britain's Massive Anti-Austerity Strike: Could It Happen Here?

Millions of employees mounted Great Britain's first General Strike in many years today after the government threatened to impose more cuts in retirement benefits and pay for public workers. more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

Coordinated Attack On Unions From Republicans And Corporate/Conservative Machine

There is a big, behind-the-scenes fight going on in Washington over whether our country will continue to have a middle class or not. The forces of the 1% are trying to change rules that protect the right of working people to band together, organizing themselves so they are better able to get concessions from big, wealthy corporations. more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

Delta's Greed Helps Shut Down The FAA

You probably don’t know that another act of hostage-taking by Republicans is underway. They have shut down the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help Delta Airlines in its battle to keep its workers from voting in a union. more »

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Eric Lotke's picture

Public Employees Offer Solutions. Examples.

Enough with blaming public employees for all of America’s problems. Last week public employees in Oregon marched on the state Capitol with a billion dollars worth of recommendations for government efficiencies and revenue enhancements. more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

Does Government Know Who The Boss Is?

In Washington state workers are allowed to organize and form unions so they can win good wages and benefits. In "right-to-work" states like South Carolina, though, the government sides with big companies against their workers. (They used to have even harsher anti-worker laws there but the North stopped rounding up the escapees…) more »

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Leo Gerard's picture

Colombia FTA: Rewarding Promises Instead of Performance

Tragically, the government of Colombia exhibits the behavior of an addict. And, just as regrettably, the United States is co-dependent, so addicted to so called free trade that it plans to award Colombia an agreement based solely on promises.

Addicts always promise. They’ll stop, they pledge. more »

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Dmitri Iglitzin's picture

17 Rooms and What do You Get? Apparently, a Workforce in Rebellion

Statistics are one thing; people are another. more »

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Leo Gerard's picture

False Fear: Cyborgs Instead of CEOs

The nightmare for far too many is Cyborgs. The public fears HAL, the 2001 Space Odyssey computer that killed astronauts rather than forfeit its objective.

So terrified of the sentient machine, citizens overlook the allegory. The soft-spoken, reasonable-sounding HAL behaves exactly like a greed-driven, multi-national corporation. The corporate mission is profit. more »

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William Neil's picture

Where the $ Is: Modern Maryland's Ancient Revenue

WHERE THE $ IS: MODERN MARYLAND’S ANCIENT REVENUE

March 21, 2011

Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:

We are writing this post in the wake of the monumental union rally held in Annapolis on Monday evening, March 14, which drew some 15,000 people. more »

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