Attention lawmakers: Connecticut is not broke
State workers in Connecticut are in a pitched battle to save their jobs and the services they provide.
Rahm Emanuel treading wrong path
It's pretty clear which side Rahm Emanuel is on.
Thank you, Governor Walker
It's time for progressives to take a moment to join together in offering Gov. Walker thanks.
The "right" not to join a union
Dean Zarras, of the Civil Society Trust, has made a momentous discovery, a philosophical leap of world-historical importance that will crush the labor movement once and for all, or so he says.
Collective bargaining is a right, not a privilege!
Note to Governors Kasich and Walker: The right of workers to bargain collectively over their basic conditions of work is a 76-year American tradition.
Paid sick leave good for us all
More than 40 percent of private sector workers do not have paid sick days they could use to recover from contagious illnesses.
Wisconsin, the law, and Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson
Reading the judge's dissent last week, I was not surprised that she maintained her integrity, as I witnessed it first-hand when I knocked on her door three years ago.
No such thing as too big for justice
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court ruled that Wal-Mart is too big to face class action justice, but America's workers think otherwise.
Colombia trade pact ignores big problems
The U.S.-Colombia free trade pact would reinforce a system that leaves farmers and consumers at the mercy of volatile prices and markets.
Minimum wage is a poverty wage
Imagine trying to live on $7.25 an hour. Even if you managed to work full eight-hour days, you'd be making only about $58 a day, $290 a week.
