General President James P. Hoffa

Playing By Rigged Rules, Pretending To Be Fair

There’s nothing funny about a factory closing, unless you’re Mitt Romney.

While campaigning in Wisconsin recently, he shared a “humorous” story about his father closing an auto plant and laying off workers in Michigan.

No Room In Our Democracy For ALEC

Working Americans scored a big victory last week when four corporations withdrew their membership from a secretive group called the American Legislative Exchange Council. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Kraft Foods and Intuit listened to their customers and quit ALEC. I hope their example is followed soon by the rest of ALEC’s members -- both the corporations that fund it and the state politicians influenced by it.

Sign Petition To Protect Our Bargaining Rights

In the entire history of the United States, there was only one era when working-class wages rose by as much as the incomes of professionals and managers: 1947 to 1973.

That was the only time when more than 25 percent of U.S. workers belonged to a union. Those were the golden years when Detroit's unionized workers gave the city the greatest concentration of home ownership in the country — until we were surpassed by Los Angeles, with its large population of unionized aerospace workers.

New Battlegrounds In The War On Workers

Already this year, state lawmakers have opened brutal new fronts in the war on workers. And America's workers are fighting back as never before. In Michigan, anti-worker bills aimed at weakening labor unions are gaining traction in the House.

A Shameful Attack On Working Families In Indiana

The central battleground in the war against workers today is the Indiana Statehouse. Anti-worker lawmakers are frantic to pass a bill that would weaken unions and shrink Indiana's middle class. The legislative fight over the measure could make the Super Bowl look like a stroll in the park.

Stop the War on Workers

Hardworking Americans tried to send a message to elected leaders in 2011 when they took to the statehouses, the streets and the public parks. That message was loud and clear: “Stop the War on Workers.”

Americans may not have the statistics at their fingertips, but they’re aware this country is in trouble.

President Obama Calls To Congratulate Hoffa On Teamsters Election Victory

Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa takes a congratulatory phone call in his office from President Obama at 11:57 a.m. on Dec. 7. The President called to congratulate Hoffa on his overwhelming victory in the recent IBT election. Hoffa's fourth term as General President begins in March.

Michigan's Rebound Proves Government Can Pick Winners

The two fastest-growing states in the United States today are Michigan and North Dakota. And they are defying conventional wisdom about how to create jobs.

North Dakota deposits its tax revenue in its own bank, which invests the money in the state's economy. Unlike the biggest Wall Street banks, it is run at a profit using conservative banking practices.

Standing Together

Jobs are coming back from China, Mexico and Japan: Thousands of good-paying, family-supporting jobs, all at the Ford Motor Co. Last week, the United Auto Workers and Ford negotiated a tentative agreement that will bring 5,750 UAW jobs back from overseas, in addition to the 6,250 jobs previously announced by the company.

Fighting Back

Earlier this month, I told a Labor Day crowd here in Detroit that there's a war on workers — a war we didn't start, but one we intend to fight. Few people disagreed with me when I said there was a sustained, coordinated attack on workers being waged here in the United States.

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