Latino labor leader: Immigration legislation has potential problems
Providing a path to eventual citizenship for 11 million undocumented workers "is a worthy #1 goal" of proposed immigration reform legislation.
Money out, voters in!
Hundreds of Chicagoans marched and rallied Jan. 19 to protest the "Golden Megaphone of Money" that decision has provided to corporate America.
Senate inundated with demands to end “silent” filibuster
Senate offices are getting buried under tens of thousands of letters and a huge coalition has managed to spur one million calls into the Capitol.
Protest immigration raid vs. workers standing up for rights
Don't look now, but the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency may be back to its old tricks.
Lack of paid sick days fueling record flu epidemic
Workers in almost every industry are reporting that people all around them are sick.
Republicans take the “Walk of Shame” in Michigan
Before they were sworn in this morning, legislators got an earful as they approached the Capitol.
Year ends with 7.8 percent jobless rate
The U.S. ended 2012 with a 7.8 percent jobless rate in December, unchanged from the month before and down 0.7 percent from the end of 2011.
Fix the economy: Only way to erase the debt
They are trying to tell us that the problem with the economy is the "debt."
After Michigan setback, unions to fight back
Yesterday, Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law a bill designed to cripple organized labor in this state.
