There’s plenty of money for more economic stimulus–if Barack Obama would fight for it. A YEAR late and a trillion dollars short,…
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(August 28, 2009) — AN UNFAIR labor practices strike at Chicago-based SK Hand Tools has highlighted the widespread attack on health care…
AN ELECTION intended to showcase Afghanistan’s "emerging democracy" has instead exposed astonishing corruption, fraud and violence on the part of the U.S.-backed…
THE ELECTION of Barack Obama last November seemed to promise a new era for organized labor. With Obama in the White House and…
(June 15, 2009) — IRAN WAS in uncharted political territory following mass protests against what was almost certainly a rigged presidential election…
Lee Sustar reports on the workers’ big win in a factory occupation that made headlines across the U.S. and inspired union members and…
December 9, 2008 — DAY FOUR of the Republic Windows & Doors factory occupation in Chicago saw another surge in labor solidarity–plus…
December 6, 2008 — WORKERS OCCUPYING the Republic Windows & Doors factory slated for closure are vowing to remain in the Chicago…
A MAJOR battle is brewing between organized labor and Corporate America over the proposed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), legislation backed by…
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