General President James P. Hoffa

Bush's Trade Pact Won't Fly

You don’t have to have a Ph.D. to understand that our trade policies of the past 20 years have failed. In fact, if you were a high school graduate and had a manufacturing job that was sent to Mexico, you would get it better than any college professor or trade guru. So-called free-trade agreements were sold as a way of boosting countries’ economies. We now know how these trade deals have hurt U.S. workers.

Congress, Don't Tax Our Health Insurance Plans

The last thing the American middle class needs right now is a big new tax on health insurance plans.

Senate Plan To Tax Health Plans Is Bad Policy

Millions of working Americans will pay thousands of dollars more in taxes under the Senate proposal that taxes healthcare benefits to finance reform.

Hoffa Urges White House To Fix Trade Policy

Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa told the White House to “think America first” when it comes to trade policy.

Congress Must Act to Protect Retirement Security

For every two wage-earners in Detroit who have a job, one can’t find a job. That is three times the national unemployment rate. All of us, particularly Detroiters, should be deeply concerned.

Letter To Editor: Securing The Promised Retirement

In their zeal to attack working Americans, Jeremy Lott and F. Vincent Vernuccio misfire badly ("Pomeroy's lucre for labor," Opinion, Wednesday).

Colombia Doesn't Deserve Anti-Worker Trade Pact

The Colombian government is putting its prettiest face forward this week in hopes of getting an ugly trade deal with the United States. The Colombian Embassy is placing 47 giant heart sculptures throughout Washington, D.C. It is also giving away 25,000 Colombian flowers in Union Station and encouraging photo ops with Juan Valdez. But hearts, flowers and Juan Valdez don't tell the whole truth about Colombia.

Happy 'Enlightened' Labor Day

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said this week that workers in the United States apparently don't want to join unions because of the "very enlightened management in this country now, treating employees better and employees have decided they don't want to pay the dues."

Delivering Fairness

Corporate lobbyists have a time-honored trick of slipping a few words into major legislation just before Congress adjourns.

Those few words always mean special treatment for the well-connected and powerful. They almost never help working people. And by the time the public finds out, it’s too late.

Panama: Don’t Bank On It

If we’ve learned anything in the past 15 years, it should be that offshoring jobs and deregulating financial services are certain to weaken the U.S. economy.

In light of those painful lessons, it’s hard to understand why the U.S. Trade Representative would push a trade deal with Panama.

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