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Woo-Hoo! Protect Our Jobs on Mich. Ballot

The constitutional amendment to protect collective bargaining rights in Michigan will be on the ballot in November. Working families won the court battle; now we have to win the ballot question.

Dignity

Charles Malloy, who wrote this essay, contacted Teamster Magazine to share his story about his father’s experience with the union.

Do Foodies Care About Workers?

If food lovers are serious about bettering the world, they should pay more attention to the people who serve them.

Ron Paul Calls on Romney to Release Tax Returns

Republican congressman and former presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has called on presumptive Republican candidate Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) to release more of his tax returns to the public, according to Politico. In an interview, Paul said that he believes that it would help Romney politically to come clean and open his financial records to scrutiny.

NFL Bosses Target Union Leader Drew Brees

Outspoken union leaders risk being singled out and punished by management, even if they're millionaire NFL stars. New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees can attest to that.

Hoffa: Carnage And Crime In Mexico Offer More Reasons To Keep Unsafe Trucks Off U.S. Roads

The State Department recently warned Americans against taking unnecessary trips to vast, dangerous sections of Mexico. Nearly all the states along the border are awash in violence, and there is no safe road to Mexico City.

Hoffa: Congress Must Pass Jobs Legislation Now

The latest news about jobs was good, but it wasn’t good enough.

America created 200,000 jobs in December, the sixth month in a row the economy added at least 100,000 jobs. Unfortunately, it will take a lot more new jobs than that to significantly lower the unemployment rate.

Corporations, Including FedEx, Occupy Congress

Some of the biggest companies in the United States have been firing workers and in some cases lobbying for rules that depress wages at the very time that jobs are needed, pay is low and the federal budget suffers from a lack of revenue. FedEx is one of the worst offenders.
 

Restore America’s Basic Bargain

For most of the last century, the basic bargain at the heart of the American economy was that employers paid their workers enough to buy what American employers were selling.

Angry At The Right People

There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear, but we may, at long last, be seeing the rise of a popular movement that, unlike the Tea Party, is angry at the right people. Occupy Wall Street is starting to look like an important event that might even eventually be seen as a turning point.

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