Wisconsin Walker recall battle close to dead heat
Polls show a near dead heat in the bitter battle pitting labor's legions against Walker's millions.
Fighting racism: a must for victory in November
The political terrain is treacherous and corporate money is flooding into right-wing Super PACS waging a racist, scorched earth policy against President Barack Obama.
Building Trades Dept. President Mark Ayers dies
Ayers was a longtime leader of IBEW Local 34 in Peoria, Ill., before ascending to national union office. He was unanimously elected president of the department in early 2007.
Steve Cooper, trade union, civil rights activist dies at 77
Steve Cooper, a longtime trade union, civil rights activist and member of the Los Angeles Metro Club of the Communist Party died recently in Los Angeles. He was 77.
Occupy's 89%? Where anarchism shuns unionists, it allies with the ultra-right
Anarchist collectives in the Occupy movement in Oakland and the Pacific Northwest have put forward a new slogan, "We are the 89%." This threatens to destroy any alliance between the Occupy movement and organized labor.
Super solidarity over Super Bowl weekend
While the spotlight was on the Super Bowl, workers across Indianapolis took to the streets to protest the outrages happening to working people.
In their war against workers, corporations increasingly choose lockouts
Employers have been engaging in class warfare for quite some time now. Recently they have added lockouts to the long list of weapons they have used to wage that warfare.
Professor lists Obama accomplishments: Over 244 and growing
President Obama has 244 accomplishments under his belt since he took office despite fanatical Republican opposition aimed at wrecking his presidency.
Lessons from the grassroots for 2012
Last fall's municipal elections in New Haven, Conn., made history. The implications, if heeded, bode well for 2012.
Bread and Roses struggle continues
This morning in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the local high school Girl's Ensemble was scheduled to sing "The Internationale" at City Hall.
