A.F.L.-C.I.O. Program in N.J. Grooms Union-
Grown Candidates - NYTimes.com
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Ballots cast throughout New Jersey on Tuesday will list hundreds of candidates, their parties and the offices they seek. But for 53 candidates, the ballots will not say one of the most important things they have in common: union-approvedSecondary Strikes Are Primary
to Labor’s Revival | Labor Notes
Solidarity is the heart and soul of unionism—the only force capable of confronting power and privilege in society. To revive unionism, we must recover labor’s long-lost tools of workplace-based solidarity.Opinion: U.S. is not greatest country ever -
Michael Kinsley - POLITICO.com
Last week, BMW announced it was opening a plant in South Carolina. No special explanation was required. People were lined up for jobs paying $15 an hour. Equivalent jobs in Germany pay $30 an hour. We’re now a bargainETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance
Weekly Claims Report
In the week ending Oct. 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 457,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 437,000. The 4-week moving average was 456,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised average of 454,000.Rabbi Michael Lerner: 10 Commandments to Revive
Progressives After the November Defeat
. Don't let the media frame this as a defeat of progressives. Had Obama embraced and fought for a progressive agenda, even if he had passed none of it, he would have entered the 2010 elections as the champion of the huge idealism of the American people that was elicited in 2008 and which would have led the Democrats to an electoral sweep in 2010AFL-CIO President Trumka: 'We Did Our Job' In 2010
At various junctures during the 2010 cycle, the lack of enthusiasm among labor organizations and, more specifically, union workers, appeared like it would seriously hamper the Democratic Party's chances. Labor itself fed the notion, cognizant that lawmakers would be more attentive to their needs if their political help wasn't taken for granted.
Secondary Strikes Are Primary
to Labor’s Revival | Labor Notes
Solidarity is the heart and soul of unionism—
the only force capable of confronting power and privilege
in society. To revive unionism, we must recover labor’s
long-lost tools of workplace-based solidarity.
Opinion: U.S. is not greatest country ever -
Michael Kinsley - POLITICO.com
Last week, BMW announced it was opening a plant
in South Carolina. No special explanation was required.
People were lined up for jobs paying $15 an hour.
Equivalent jobs in Germany pay $30 an hour. We’re now a bargain
ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance
Weekly Claims Report
In the week ending Oct. 30, the advance figure for seasonally
adjusted initial claims was 457,000, an increase of 20,000
from the previous week's revised figure of 437,000.
The 4-week moving average was 456,000, an increase of 2,000
from the previous week's revised average of 454,000.
Rabbi Michael Lerner: 10 Commandments to Revive
Progressives After the November Defeat
. Don't let the media frame this as a defeat of progressives.
Had Obama embraced and fought for a progressive agenda,
even if he had passed none of it, he would have entered
the 2010 elections as the champion of the huge idealism
of the American people that was elicited in 2008 and
which would have led the Democrats to an electoral sweep in 2010
AFL-CIO President Trumka: 'We Did Our Job' In 2010
At various junctures during the 2010 cycle, the lack of enthusiasm
among labor organizations and, more specifically, union workers,
appeared like it would seriously hamper
the Democratic Party's chances. Labor itself fed the notion, cognizant
that lawmakers would be more attentive to their needs
if their political help wasn't taken for granted.
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