
Does December jobs report mean recovery?
Here the big question on the minds of most working people I talk to: is the talk of economic recovery from the 2008 depression BS? or for real?

Boehner’s Christmas message to America’s jobless: Drop dead!
No reasonable person can possibly justify such indifference and cruelty.

Remembering Mandela in Detroit: You are my friends and comrades
When Nelson Mandela was in Detroit a special rally was held - not in a fancy ballroom or millionaire's home - but at the Ford Rouge auto plant with autoworkers.

Detroit bankruptcy: Revenue, not spending, the problem
The ruling concerns the 23,500 retired city workers collecting pension benefits.

Nation rallies behind Walmart workers
The nation rallied behind Walmart workers Nov. 29, turning the traditional Black Friday shopping day into mass protests at 1,500 locations across the country.

Video: Chicago Walmart workers arrested on Black Friday
Watch the video of Walmart workers and their supporters standing up for good wages and against Walmart abuse.

Plans to make Black Friday biggest worker mobilization ever
Walmart workers, the nation's labor leaders, and community leaders from all across the U.S. announced plans to turn the busiest holiday shopping day of the year into one of the largest mobilizations of workers in U.S. history.

Dem lawmakers: Slow down on Pacific trade bill
The lawmakers said the two pacts, especially the TPP, cover far more than trade.

Asbestos survivors blast GOP bill
One survivor calls the legislation "one-sided, unfair and unnecessary."

After Senate win, gay rights groups shift focus to Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) - Moments after the Senate passed a historic measure to outlaw workplace discrimination against gay and transgendered workers, activists turned their attention toward President Barack Obama and a long-sought executive order that would have the same effect, though on a much smaller scale.

