Labor

What is the Minimum Wage of Whiteness?

What is the Minimum Wage of Whiteness?

Is there a minimum wage of whiteness? When will those whites, of all classes...cease to feel a benefit of racism…

8 years ago

Labor Backs Bernie Sanders For President During Event In New Hampshire

At an event in Concord, NH today, local and statewide labor leaders endorsed Bernie Sanders for president.

9 years ago

Scott Walker Says Poverty Pay Is A Living Wage

It is likely that Walker's idea that poverty wages are living wages came directly from the Kochs, who see American…

9 years ago

Wisconsin Eliminating Weekends Is Another Koch Idea For A Nation of Slave Labor

Democrats expected Walker to eliminate the state's 'prevailing wage' law requiring workers on public projects to be paid the established…

10 years ago

Can Government Pick Up Where Unions Left Off?

With union power waning, governments are implementing workers' rights. It's time to build a national movement built on grassroots efforts.

11 years ago

A Look Inside A State Democratic Convention A.K.A. Vote for Colbert Busch Tomorrow

There's a lot of listening, clapping and jumping up and down at a Democratic state convention. Other than that, very…

12 years ago

Elizabeth Colbert Busch Shows What A Democrat Has To Do to Win in the South

Elizabeth Colbert Busch had to try to appeal to Democrats, Republicans and Independents in her Monday night debate with Mark…

12 years ago

What You Need To Know For the Elizabeth Colbert Busch/ Mark Sanford Debate

This evening at the Citadel, the two candidates for the SC District 1 Congressional seat, will debate for an hour…

12 years ago

Republicans Have Created a World Where Going to Work Can Get You Killed

The consequences of Republican deregulation and their weakening of OSHA has been an ongoing threat of death for American workers.

12 years ago

An Old Foe Is Returning in 2014, and He Could Defeat Nikki Haley

In all likelihood the 2014 South Carolina Governor's race is going to be a replay of the 2010 race, not…

12 years ago

Jobs Report Proves Obama Correct About The Sequester Killing Jobs

The best thing about the March jobs numbers is they prove that President Obama was right when he said the…

12 years ago

Possible Low-Skilled Immigrant Worker Program Awaits Senate Agreement

A prominent Senator, the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce have sent the Senate an agreement on an low-skilled immigrant…

12 years ago

Customers Abandon Wal-Mart As Their Treatment of Labor Wreaks Havoc on Sales

Wal-Mart's infamously poor treatment of labor is starting to negatively impact its bottom line as customers abandon the superchain's unstocked…

12 years ago

Powerful Democratic Operatives in D.C. Help South Carolina Republicans Retain Control

South Carolina Democrat Jaime Harrison is a powerful lobbyist for the Podesta Group. He's about to become the Chairman of…

12 years ago

America’s Capitalism Has Embraced White Slaves as Well as Black

American capitalism supported white indentured servitude before and alongside black slavery and relinquished it only reluctantly.

12 years ago

Why America Needs a Left

In Why America Needs a Left, Eli Zaretsky makes a case for a 'hard' left, something beyond either progressivism or…

12 years ago

Eric Cantor’s letter spells out the continuing ALEC/Koch right-wing agenda

Eric Cantor has gotten his orders from Koch/ALEC headquarters, and there is no mistaking their intent; continue to make life…

12 years ago

The vicious red states are engaging in an attack on the public school system

South Carolina is a prime example of right-wing attempts to destroy the public school system and replace it with private…

12 years ago

The Right to Work Shot Heard Around the World Won’t End Well for Conservatives

Unions are a part of capitalism; they are one of the self-regulating forces that can serve to keep 'too-big-to-fail' at…

12 years ago

‘Shared Sacrifice’: Hostess Used Employee Pensions to Fund Itself

While paying millions to its executives, Hostess took the money that was supposed to go into employees' pensions and used…

12 years ago

The Real Motive of Michigan Republicans’ Right-to-Work Push is ‘Pure Greed’

Rep. Gov. Rick Snyder is pushing 'right to work' legislation through the lameduck session in order to defund the Democratic…

12 years ago

In South Carolina the stampede is on to replace DeMint

Jim DeMint is leaving the Senate to take over the Presidency of the Heritage Foundation. Another extremist will undoubtedly take…

12 years ago

You live in Michigan? Your rights are optional

If you want to get an idea of what Republican revenge for President Obama's victory in 2012 looks like, look…

12 years ago

You Have the Freedom to be Pepper Sprayed in Rick Snyder’s Michigan

His decision to pepper spraying protesters shows just how much Rick Snyder respects people making choices.

12 years ago

Starbucks Shows that Healthcare isn’t a Job Killer by Adding 1,500 Cafes

Starbucks, which offers healthcare benefits to its eligible part time employees, is expanding with 1500 more cafes in America in…

12 years ago

The Dark Side of Black Friday: Walmart Refuses Customers’ Petition Supporting Workers

I joined 10 other worker sympathizers in protest Walmart's treatment of their Part-time workforce. Inside the store our petition was…

12 years ago

Contrary to Walmart’s Spin, the Black Friday Strike Rages On

Walmart is trying to minimize the strikes and claiming they have had the best Black Friday 'ever'. That may be…

12 years ago

Mitt Romney’s Binders Full of Women is a Trapper Keeper Full of Lies

Romney never asked for those binders full of women. So, not only was his comment strikingly offensive in its insensitivity,…

12 years ago

Main Street: President Obama’s Plan to Build the Economy from the Middle Out

With consumer confidence at a 5 year high, the President's plans to build the economy from the middle out are…

12 years ago

Romney Ignores Bainport While Trying to Take Back 47% Comments

Mitt Romney refuses to meet with the folks from Bainport to discuss his company shipping their jobs to China, yet…

12 years ago

Mitt Romney Proved in front of 67 Million Americans that He Can’t be Trusted

It was generally conceded that Mitt Romney won the first debate. The question is can you trust anything he said?…

12 years ago

Weekend Football Scrimmage in Ohio Leaves Obama Over Romney 1-0

Mitt Romney celebrated the college football season with lies about the economy and job creation and Obama told Ohioans to…

12 years ago

Labor Day: The Republican $400 Million Buy-Out

Happy American Labor Day Tea-partiers, Republicans and conservative Americans, today as you celebrate this American day off those un-American lazy…

12 years ago

Republicans Won’t Stop Their Assault on Unions Until Every State is Right-to-Work

Collective bargaining has been under attack. Now, the upcoming elections are hazardous as the GOP seeks to impose more right-to-work…

12 years ago

The Postal Service Attack by Republicans is the Canary in the Coal Mine

The Republican vicious and unrelenting attacks on the U.S. Postal Service is the canary in the coal mine for our…

12 years ago

Ever Since Citizens United Unions Have Been Under Siege

Conservatives have steadily been eroding the power of unions in the wake of Citizens United since they are their only…

12 years ago

Occupy Inspires me to Vote, Voting Inspires me to Occupy

The choice has never been either popular democracy or institutional change--the choice has always been do both or get neither.

12 years ago

Americans for Prosperity Will Have Scott Walker Suck Koch Live Online

Americans for Prosperity are hauling their boy Scott Walker to D.C. to do some public Koch-sucking and World Net Daily…

12 years ago

Job Creation: A Means To An End For The GOP

Jobs are nothing but a means to a profitable end for the so called job creators that the GOP answers…

12 years ago

Republican’s Latest ‘Outsourcing’ Attack Against Obama Fails And Dies

The Republican Party has crashed and burned as their attempt to use outsourcing jobs against Obama has miserably failed.

12 years ago

A Grain of Charen Salt When It Comes to Wage Equality

Conservative columnist, Mona Charen recently wrote that the suggestion that women are paid less than men for the same work…

12 years ago

A Critical Mass to Challenge the Corporate Colonization of our Government

A mass majority convinced through years of struggle that a fairer, more humane, more sustainable world is possible is the…

12 years ago

Unions Score a Major Victory as Judge Blocks Michigan Paycheck Law

A federal Judge blocks Michigan’s controversial law prohibiting school districts from collecting union dues via payroll deductions.

13 years ago

Republicans Twist Capitalism Into a Democracy Killer

America is capitalism run amok. A handful of greedy individuals and corporations currently control all the money and power.

13 years ago

Chuck Norris Displays Comedic Talents on Scott Walker’s Behalf

Chuck Norris takes to WND to display comedic talents in support of Scott Walker, and badly misrepresenting Ronald Reagan in…

13 years ago

Romney Got into the Game to Grow His Own Wealth, Not to Create jobs

Mitt Romney was never a job creator. He engaged in "recapping" companies; loading a company with debt in order to…

13 years ago

Koched Up Scott Walker Invents His Own Reality with Deceptive Jobs Numbers

Scott Walker’s Wisconsin suffered record job losses as he faces recall, so Walker decided that he didn’t like the measurement…

13 years ago

Working Under Romney’s Bain ‘Was Like Going to War Everyday’

GST steelworkers and lead negotiator for labor explain that what Mitt Romney's Bain Capital did was not Capitalism, it was…

13 years ago

Corporate Outside Cash Flooding in for Governor Scott Walker

Governor Scott Walker is winning the money race in the recall against him. Almost ¾ of it is coming from…

13 years ago

The Dirty Thirty – Occupy May Day Edition

Look at all the things wrong in America right now and then look at the GOP solutions since 2010. You…

13 years ago

Get Ready For Some Right Wing May Day Hysteria

Tomorrow is May Day and the day of Occupy protests from coast to coast and we are already being warned…

13 years ago

Scott Walker Gets Ridiculed For Highest Job Losses in the Nation

Ed Schultz rips apart Scott Walker's worst job losses in the country record. But the fun doesn't stop there. He…

13 years ago

If Corporations Were People, Wal-Mart Would Be In Jail

Wal-Mart's stock price plunged this morning after allegations of bribing Mexican officials and thereby violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,…

13 years ago

The GOP Give Women an Ideological ‘Up Yours, Girls!’ On Equal Pay Day

Demonstrating just how Republicans honor Equal Pay Day, Scott Walker, whose polices are endorsed by Mitt Romney, actually repealed parts…

13 years ago

The Dirty Thirty – April Fool’s Edition

The Republican assault on American liberties has continued in 2012 with continued emphasis on the reproductive rights of women and…

13 years ago

Mitt Romney Beds Down With Wisconsin’s Koch Suckers

While campaigning in Wisconsin via phone, Mitt Romney endorsed Governor Scott Walker's "labor policies" and Representative Paul Ryan's "budget plan".

13 years ago

Bye Bye China; Hello Third-World America

Chinese wages have risen marginally and those same corporations are looking to return to the U.S. now that unions have…

13 years ago

35,000 to 1: Protesters Mobilize To Take Down Scott Walker

An estimated 35,000 Wisconsinites rallied at the Madison stop for Wisconsin's AFL-CIO's "Reclaim Wisconsin Tour," the immediate focus of which…

13 years ago

Fighter In Chief President Obama Gives Epic Speech to UAW- Full Video

Allow me to introduce you to your fierce, pissed off fighter-in-chief, President Barack Obama. President Barack Obama took the stage…

13 years ago

Mitt Romney Thinks Earning 19,000 Dollars a Year is Middle Class

Mitt Romney pointed to Staples and The Sports Authority as examples of places where he is going to create "middle…

13 years ago

The Republican Presidential Field Hits A New Low In Obama Hate

A general review of the debate lies and hateful Obama references of the three remaining viable GOP Presidential candidates.

13 years ago

David Koch Tries To Rehab His Image By Claiming Scott Walker’s Union Busting Is Working

David Koch is busy trying to rehab his tarnished media image so that he can continue the Koch game plan…

13 years ago

Shenzhen Sweatshops: The Ultimate Goal of Corporatism

Chinese sweatshops are horrific, and they could happen here.

13 years ago

Republican Wrap Up: Maine Gets Their Turn To Pick Who Will Lose To Obama

Another day, another Republican caucus, another chance for conservatives to pick the candidate who will have the honor of losing…

13 years ago

The Eight Lies Behind The Republican Push For Right To Work Laws

Here are eight lies being used to prop up 'right to work' laws popping up in Republican governed states all…

13 years ago

House GOP Says Unemployed Republicans Make Good Firewood

House Republicans are trying to place a provision in the payroll tax cut extension that would cut benefits for millions,…

13 years ago

Beyond the Job Numbers: Who is Working?

These job statistics show who is working based on gender, race, and education.

13 years ago

Breaking Bad with Twitter to Celebrate Unions on Labor Day

It’s a Union Tweetfest, peeps. Because nothing says Labor Day like honoring and celebrating this country’s proud heritage of unions.…

14 years ago

Gun Opponents Target Obama

Today as President Obama and his family toured Yellowstone National Park, gun control advocates criticized the president for signing a…

15 years ago

Beware! Glenn Beck is Armed at the Movies

On his Fox News Channel program today, Glenn Beck lamented the defeat of an amendment that would have allowed people…

15 years ago

White House: We Aren’t Afraid of the NRA

Senior White House adviser David Axelrod was on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday morning. He said that Obama is…

16 years ago

Obama Won’t Reinstate Assault Weapons Ban

When asked today during his daily briefing if President Obama would reinstate the assault weapons ban, White House Press Secretary…

16 years ago

Group Calls Obama an Anti Gun Bigot

The Washington Times reported yesterday that President Obama is ending a federal program that train

16 years ago

Michael Steele Flip Flops on Assault Weapons

RNC Chairman Michael Steele continues to reinvent his positions to be more in line with the

16 years ago