Unions: Dem platform stronger on unfair trade deals
The proposed Democratic Party platform includes language that is close to an outright rejection of the controversial TPP.
Trump tries to drive a wedge between Democrats on trade
He thinks the Left can be split between those who support free trade agreements and those who do not. Let's prove him wrong.
Cuba's first American Embassy Secretary in 50 years visits Bay Area
Interview with Miguel Fraga, the first secretary of the newly reestablished Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C.
After 54 years, U.S. raises flag in Cuba
A jubilant flag-raising at the reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana is giving way to serious talk about the road ahead in improving relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
Authors and booksellers want DOJ to investigate Amazon
Amazon's business tactics have called into question the power the online retailer wields over the book industry.
House Dems side with labor on trade pact
"Labor rights are now government-to-government in trade pacts, while corporate rights get to go over the top of governments."
Planned new $1B U.S.-Canada bridge to create thousands of jobs
A new billion-dollar bridge between Detroit and Windsor., the busiest border crossing from Canada to the U.S., will create 10,000 new jobs on the U.S. side, and it'll be built with U.S. and Canadian steel.
Obama budget draws praise, some complaints, from labor leaders
The president's budget will be ignored in the GOP-run House, where Budget Committee Chairm Paul Ryan, R-Wis., intends to draft a proposal, which is expected to push killing of Medicare as we know it.
Construction workers more likely to die on the job
Over their careers, construction workers have a one in 200 chance of dying on the job, five times what the government considers the "significant" risk.
Labor Day protestors demand jobs and fair trade deals
Steelworkers and 1,000 others protested against a new free trade agreement being negotiated for the Pacific Rim countries.
