One-half of black youth with diplomas jobless
Already facing disproportionately high levels of unemployment due to systemic racial discrimination, the recession removed job opportunities for nearly half of those with diplomas and eligible for work.
Texas labor ends early voting with style
An October 28 rally at the Teachers Hall wrapped up a very successful early voting period in Texas.
New York poised to reject tea party Paladino
NEW YORK — With the election just a few days away, New York voters are expected to reject tea party candidate Carl Paladino, the Buffalo businessman on the Republican ticket.
Latino voter enthusiasm on the rise
Republican Party bigotry and political activism has closed the so-called voter enthusiasm gap among Latino voters.
Union construction jobs at stake Nov. 2
Midterm elections are next week and union construction jobs are up for grabs in California. Nonunion building contractors in the state, hungry for a bigger share of public sector projects in the wake of the building bust, have taken their fight with labor to the ballot box.
What’s a complaint? Supreme Court to decide
That seemingly obvious question landed at the Supreme Court, and its decision could affect whether millions of workers can complain about their pay
Teamster rack up four organizing wins
The Teamsters racked up four organizing wins in late September and early October, including the first-ever union win under new voting rules.
Unemployment at 50 percent, Detroit vows to fight
Though she is without full-time employment, Emily Norton works even harder today. She now has four part-time jobs but earns just one-third of what she made while working full time.
Lou Dobbs joins immigration hypocrite list
The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute recently found that Lou Dobbs, who fulminated nightly on CNN against "the illegal aliens" taking over the country, has relied for years on undocumented labor for the upkeep of his multimillion-dollar estate and the horses he keeps for his daughter.
One Nation coalition to continue beyond the Nov. 2 elections
The One Nation coalition will try to stay together to work on each other's causes after the Nov. 2 election, a top union participant says.
