The sheer number of signatures being filed – nearly as many as the total votes cast for Walker in November 2010, and almost twice as (many as) those needed to … [Keep reading >>]
“Thousands of volunteers have raced to collect signatures near busy intersections and malls all over Wisconsin, at makeshift “drive-through” operations in parking lots, during Green Bay Packers viewing parties and … [Keep reading >>]
Just as young people in Libya and Egypt, finding examples of self-determination outside their own country, have risen in revolt, so it seems that workers in China are realizing that … [Keep reading >>]
From the headline you’ll know where I stand on so called Right to Work legislation. The bosses have the right to organize; the workers have none. Or, more cleverly, as … [Keep reading >>]
From SF Chronicle
Business interests were the top bill-killers inside California’s Capitol during Gov. Jerry Brown’s first year back in office, as concerns about the state’s weak economy cut into labor’s … [Keep reading >>]
The vices of Alabama law, which have caused an exodus of Hispanic workers in recent weeks, have a particularly strong stench here in Lugano, Switzerland, where I am passing a … [Keep reading >>]
At least three days of mass protests have followed police abuse of a pregnant street vendor in Zengchen, Guangdong, China. Police cars overturned, shop windows broken and bricks hurled at … [Keep reading >>]
Krugman:
Unemployment is a terrible scourge across much of the Western world. Almost 14 million Americans are jobless, and millions more are stuck with part-time work or jobs that fail to … [Keep reading >>]
Along with the report on Massey Energy and the disastrous April, 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners, Amy Goodman on Democracy Now interviewed Robert Kennedy, Jr about the release of … [Keep reading >>]
In April of last year the country was riveted by news of another coal mine explosion. As the last camera was shut off, 29 men had died; twenty nine families torn apart. … [Keep reading >>]
By Mark Schlueb, Orlando Sentinel
6:03 PM EDT, April 20, 2011
Unions representing Central Florida teachers, firefighters, police and other government workers are pulling an estimated $10 million from five banks affiliated with … [Keep reading >>]
The nation’s main firefighters’ union, long a strong supporter of Democratic candidates, announced on Tuesday that it would indefinitely suspend all contributions to federal candidates out of frustration with Congressional … [Keep reading >>]
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