Opinion

What can we bring to the table?

Instead of a box of candy, Communists and other left folks can bring to the people's coalition table some clarity on that much-bandied-about term: "middle class."

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Price too high to pay

Anti-union attacks exact a price. That price was paid by more than two dozen workers in West Virginia. Too high a price to pay.

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A rising tide of anger

Unemployment, hunger, 25 coalminers dead, yes, there is a rising tide of anger in the country.

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Billy Bragg inspires hope and change at farmworker fest

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The Harvest of Hope, an event to help migrant workers, was held here in St. Augustine, Fla., over the March 13 weekend. To those who ask, what are the youth doing today to change the world? This event should give us great hope!

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The background behind Toyota recall

The underlying cause, says a Japanese labor researcher, is the company's stress on "low cost" in pursuit of high profits, at the expense of its workers and consumer safety.

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Americans get fired for nothing

Book Review: "Can They Do That? Retaking Our Fundamental Rights in the Workplace"

Is this a socialist moment?

Is this a socialist moment? I hear this question when I travel. So here is the answer I usually give when asked at public meetings.

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Musicians’ victory is good for all workers

CLEVELAND - Musicians at this city's famous orchestra are taking heat from phony populists, but their union's firmness sets an example that is good for the entire labor movement.

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GOP spurns real ‘right to life’

Right to life is not meant only for the unborn, but, instead, for a person's entire lifetime.

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Who’s to blame for city’s crisis?

DETROIT - This beleaguered city is in danger of running out of money, but it's not because of city officials' incompetence  or city workers' "greed."

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