Opinion

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Woody Guthrie's first Daily Worker column

Woody Sez  "The national debit is one thing I caint figger out"

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Workers of the world are uniting

Last week IndustriALL, a new global union, was formed in Copenhagen, Denmark. It represents 50 million workers in 350 unions from all over the world.

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The minimum wage, labor and the 2012 elections

Unions and labor need to speak independently for all of the working class and working families.

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Union leader Avelino “Abba” Ramos dies at 78

Avelino "Abba" Ramos, longtime leader in the ILWU, died in his sleep of Lewy body dementia, June 5, at Bali Bay Care Home in Richmond, Calif.

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Robert Reich is wrong about socialism

The first two paragraphs of Reich's column, "The Answer Isn't Socialism; It's Capitalism that Better Spreads the Benefits of the Productive Revolution" are simply false.

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Ten dead, a hundred injured in bloodstained Chicago field

They were on strike but the strike was just a week old so people were not yet in the direst of straights.

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The year 2047: a postman's nightmare

I often wonder how this could have happened to this once great nation.

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Why Workers Memorial Day concerns us all

Here are just a few reasons why we should be concerned about Workers Memorial Day:

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War on women extends to workplaces

There are disturbing trends regarding war on women and the workplace, especially public sevtor workers, including teachers, and hotel and hospitality workers in the private sector.

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