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The Right to Work For Less: What Michigan Means
Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan -- Republicans continue their assault on unions and worker solidarity – and America’s middle class gets mugged. Corporate profits are at the highest % of GDP on record; worker wages are at the lowest % ever. And now the...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: How "Right to Work" Laws Kill Jobs OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "'Right to work' is a misnomer for laws which let employees enjoy the benefits of union membership – at least for a little while, until they’re stripped away – without joining or...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: How "Right to Work" Laws Kill Jobs OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "'Right to work' is a misnomer for laws which let employees enjoy the benefits of union membership – at least for a little while, until they’re stripped away – without joining or...
Walmart Actions Continue With International Day Of Solidarity
Today (Friday) workers and their unions in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, South Africa, United Kingdom, Zambia and the United States are joining together to demand change at Walmart through the UNI Walmart Global Union Alliance. Josh Eidelson explains at The Nation...
How "Right to Work Shirk" Laws Kill Jobs - and Hurt All of Us
Michigan's recent battle makes this a good time to explain the union movement's important role in our economy's overall health. We're about to explain why today's war on unions is bad for all of us, no matter what we do for a living, and we'll do it in four steps. But...
Serious About The Deficit? Cut Defense Waste
Washington is agog with fiscal cliff hysteria. With everyone focused on how to reduce deficits, isn’t it time for a little common sense? Most Americans think their tax dollars are wasted in Washington. So why not start with a focus on reducing waste? That would mean...
What Real Americans?
One of the more positive consequences of this ridiculous fiscal cliff fight seems to be a growing awareness that the beltway is out of touch with the concerns of ordinary Americans. For those who've read Chris Hayes' brilliant book Twilight of the Elites, this is well-trod ground and his analysis explains quite well how this came to pass.
And if I can toot my own horn just a little bit, I'd offer that this is one of the foundational critiques of the online left, going all the way back to Media Whores Online and Bartcop. And my own little contribution to the understanding of this speaks directly to the idea. It goes back to about 2004.
Trade Deficit Dots Connect To Billionaires
Our trade deficit with China just hit a new record: $42.2 billion in October, up from $40.3 billion in September. The goods deficit with China rose to $29.5 billion in October, up from $29.1 billion in September. This is the largest single monthly goods deficit with...
Jumpin' Jamie Flash: Big Bank is Concert's Only Sour Note
Last night Hurricane Sandy's victims got a lot of much-needed help, and everybody got a great concert. I mean, come on, people: McCartney sounds as great singing Helter-Skelter today as he did in 1968 - and he's seventy years old. (That's not an argument for raising...
The (Empty) Republican Argument Against Filibuster Reform
In today's Wall Street Journal, Republican Sen. John Barrasso has an irate oped intended to rally the public against Democratic proposals to end filibuster abuse. But in his tirade he neglects to mention one important fact: the Democratic proposals still allow...
