by Dave Johnson | Feb 7, 2012 | Blog
The FAA reauthorization bill has passed Congress with its anti-union provisions. Once again big companies of the 1% were able to use their money and power to buy legislation that hurts 99% of us. And many Dems joined in. Watch the powerful video at the end of this...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 7, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Last week several groups, including the United Steelworkers, petitioned the federal government to whack the latest trade mole – illegally traded auto parts from China. With President Obama announcing creation of a new trade enforcement unit in his State of the Union...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 6, 2012 | Blog
I wrote earlier that Newt Gingrich's campaign is one of mutually assured destruction for the GOP. No one, I wrote, has to lift a finger to destroy Newt Gingrich. Just stand back, give him room, and he'll do it himself. The thing is, you want to stand way, way back —...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 6, 2012 | Blog
Not long ago, in A Win For Labor - FAA Bill Drops Anti-Union Language, I wrote that, "negotiators have dropped the anti-union language for votes to start a union. Republicans were insisting that no-shows be counted as "No" votes. Delta's check must have been mailed...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 5, 2012 | Blog
Any resemblance between democracy and U.S. Presidential politics has become, in our new super PAC era, purely coincidental. The only mystery: Why aren't billionaires placing even bigger bets? Life sometimes imitates art. Life also sometimes imitates political cliché....
by Dave Johnson | Feb 4, 2012 | Blog
This is Part II of Companies As Buy-And-Sell Commodities. See Part I, Companies As Buy-And-Sell Commodities - Workers, Customers and Country As Costs. Also see Wall Street's War Against the Real Economy & We, the People. In Part I I wrote about a pattern we see over...
