by Leo Gerard | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
China is gorging itself on steelmaking. It is forging so much steel that the entire world doesn't need that much steel. Companies in the United States and Europe, and unions like mine, the United Steelworkers, have spent untold millions of dollars to secure tariffs on...
by Janice "Jay" Johnson | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog
As this election season comes to full boil, we should remember the importance of civil disobedience to our history. It is one of the few tools ordinary people still have to organize for change. With corporations spending unlimited campaign cash, and states requiring...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 5, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Economic anxiety and inequality is contributing (as it always does) to the rise of right-wing, anti-immigrant, xenophobic and racist politics. Many of the people most hurt by the decline of unions are turning to the very politicians who want to kill unions off for...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump reverted to type with his immigration speech, delivered shortly after his visit to Mexico. After flirting with “softening” his position, the old Trump-style xenophobia was a hit with some, not with others. Hispanic Advisors to Trump, We Quit! It may have...
by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Progressive Vision
(Rae Breaux also contributed to reporting to this article.) The Wisconsin Uprising. Occupy Wall Street. Keystone XL. Black Lives Matter. Add Standing Rock to the list of social movements spreading across the country and reshaping the political landscape. Since April,...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The enormous, humongous US trade deficit continues to drain jobs, wages, and prosperity from our country's economy. We close factories and fire workers here, move factories and jobs there, and because the goods now cross a border our elites brag that they have...
