Reader voices: City workers have HOPE on their side
HOPE met to discuss the coming class battle over pension funds. This is the same struggle seen in Wisconsin and all over the country.
Caterpillar capitalism triumphs
Machinists at Caterpillar voted to accept the company's contract offer, which included the same give backs as the one they rejected some four months ago.
Grover Norquist’s false twist to anti-union rhetoric
Norquist begins by using misleading language...
Caterpillar strikers hold line on wages – a fight for all
Poverty is increasing in America. One factor is the prevalence of low-wage jobs. Some call it the Wal-Martization of America. Still, to others, it's class war.
Today in labor history: San Francisco General Strike
On July 16, 1934, the city of San Francisco shut down as 65,000 workers from all industries walked off the job, in response to a call by longshore workers for a general strike.
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.
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.
The year 2047: a postman's nightmare
I often wonder how this could have happened to this once great nation.
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.
