Working Life

   I know there is an obvious answer to this question: does the Chamber of Commerce ever stop lying? Since you’ve answered that yourself, let’s consider for a moment the most immediate lie–and the truth about the economic reality facing most working people.   There is, as we know, a concerted effort by Republicans and […]

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   As I go off to Opening Day–at least there is something pleasurable to dive into–a judge stands firm: A Wisconsin judge ruled Thursday the state’s divisive new collective bargaining law was not in effect — a clear warning to Republican Gov. Scott Walkers’ administration that it risks sanctions should it continue with its preparations […]

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   We’re all the same–us and the billionaires. Right? Wouldn’t you do this: A Russian investor has bought a French chateau-style mansion in Silicon Valley for $100 million, marking the highest known price paid for a single family home in the U.S. and underscoring the strength of luxury properties in an otherwise hammered housing market. […]

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   No one should be surprised that the rich are doing quite well. We’ve lived through at least a thirty-year robbery of the wealth of the nation. But, it’s worth digging into some of the numbers to get to this point: the divide between the rich and the rest of us has never been this […]

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   The cowardice that courses through the American political system is on display every day. Cowards who won’t stand up to the rich and the powerful who are just voraciously stripping every dime and dollar they can find from the hides of the people.    Andrew Cuomo is right up front.Andrew Cuomo will be now […]

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   Yesterday, I stood with thousands of other people at the spot of one of the great workplace tragedies in the country’s history–the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. It was the 100th anniversary of the fire. The tragedy, though, helped usher in a movement for workplace safety and dignity on the job. I thought I’d share some […]

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   Every CEO running a big multi-national company in America knows that, when times are tough, they have one sure way to save a lot of money and a place to go for cash: the U.S. Treasury. This is nothing new. But, today, we have two flashing red lights about how your money is being […]

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   I don’t write this to convince the people who are intentionally lying or have some ideological end-game here (as in, destroy unions and the middle class). I write this for those people who are still living on the planet Earth of reality. So, here it is: Wisconsin has a great, financially-sound public pension system. […]

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   Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amusing that the government is relying on Lloyd Blankfein to finger someone else for illegal behavior: As a witness for the government, Mr. Blankfein testified that Mr. Gupta violated Goldman policies when he allegedly gave Galleon Group hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam information he learned […]

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   I’ve heard this talked about…well, as long as the grey cells can recall. But, this feels like it has some content to it: The United Auto Workers outlined a new push to recruit U.S. workers at one or more foreign auto makers and will bolster the effort by training and sending activists abroad to […]

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