Working Life

[West Coast time means a bit of delay sometimes…] So, various news organs are reporting today that, in fact, the UAW has agreed to changes in health care coverage at General Motors. The New York Times (registration required) is carrying a report that says, “G.M., which is one of the biggest providers of health insurance […]

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A reader passed this on–it’s the tale of Cingular Wireless workers joining the Communications Workers of America. Off of the CWA website comes this: “On Oct. 13, the largest single day of union recognition by former AT&T Wireless workers at Cingular, nearly 1,800 Customer Care and Retail Sales employees gained representation with CWA. The American […]

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I had gotten this yesterday (see below) and was trying to track down some more info but figured it was worth putting out as is. We’ve been watching the various efforts at peace making, most recently in an exchange of letters between Anna Burger and John Sweeney. What I see here is some compromise and […]

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The Beast from Bentonville (by the way, that would be the corporation upon whose board Hillary Clinton sat…) has been trying to get into the banking business. But, it’s been met with a fairly stiff campaign, which has included resistance from banks, as well as the good folks from WalMart Watch. According to today’s New […]

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(The server must not have had its breakfast this morning because it was not cooperating. I know, this was very stressful for you…you shouldn’t be reading this Saturday anyway, which, of course, begs the question why I would write this on Saturday…but I digress) The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning (see a bit […]

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This was inevitable. General Motors is now threatening the UAW with unilateral cuts in health care coverage for workers (you can see the first few paragraphs below of the story in today’s Wall Street Journal) Wake up. Cast off the insane ideology that keeps national health care from becoming a reality. This is a question […]

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In my own quest to highlight peace initiatives within labor, I’d like to say, there’s good news today: back in mid-September, the Teamsters and CWA (the Teamsters being part of the Change To Win federation and the CWA in the AFL-CIO) agreed to jointly represent workers after the merger between America West and UsAir. Well, […]

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This video clip doesn’t need any commentary–it speaks for itself.

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In case you’ve wondered what’s up at Northwest since the strike by mechanics, the situation has gotten even grimmer. Now the airline is going back to court to try to use the bankruptcy code to get rid of its union contracts (see today’s Wall Street Journal piece below). It’s truly amazing to watch the bankruptcy […]

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I’m with those people who are amazed at the oracle-like status given Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve. Even debating his legacy (he’s on his way out after the New Year) within the narrow world of the financial markets, he’s been a total shill for the Bush Administration’s completely irresponsible economic policies: roaring fiscal […]

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