Working Life

Today, hundreds of thousands of people will march in protest against the war in Iraq. Someone I know has a son serving in Iraq. This pic of a bumper sticker on her car says it all.

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The Screen Actors Guild just counted the ballots yesterday in a contentious election. The winner is Alan Rosenberg, who succeeds Melissa Gilbert. Rosenberg ran at the head of the ticket for Membership First, a caucus in SAG that has increased its strength over the years, culminating with Rosenberg’s victory. He defeated Morgan Fairchild, who was […]

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As Deep Throat admonished, follow the money: Here’s a small tidbit of the plans shaping for the Change To Win coalition: I’ve been told that the way the new federation is being structured, 75 percent of the dollars paid by the affiliated unions into the new federation will go to organizing. One can conclude from […]

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So, next week, the Change To Win coalition holds its founding convention in St. Louis (it will be a quick one-day affair on Tuesday. Sept. 27th–and yours truly will be there typing away and posting). This past week, the Laborers executive board authorized disaffiliation from the AFL-CIO–with the final decision yet to come on whether […]

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The corporate ATM machine just keeps on giving…especially for those Members of Congress whose spine gave way just minutes before the vote on CAFTA. What I love about this little piece is how it exposes as a lie LaTourette’s alleged reason for casting his pro-CAFTA vote. LaTourette fund-raiser to cash in CAFTA vote Wednesday, September […]

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As readers of this blog know, I’ve been holding fast to the belief that everything that can be done must be done to calm the waters between the AFL-CIO and Change To Win coalition. I maintained for a long time and still believe that, once the emotionalism of the AFL-CIO convention in July receded, smart […]

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Make other plans for Thursday night because the fundraiser for Rep. Tim Murphy to “celebrate” his vote for CAFTA has been called off. Here’s how it went down. My friend Chuck Harple, the political director for the Teamsters, called up Murphy’s chief of staff to express dismay at the fundraiser, as well as the way […]

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So, a number of people have made the observation: why am I not going after the Republicans who voted for CAFTA? Well, that’s a legitimate point and I’m planning to include them in the broader effort under the CAFTA 15 project. But, as I always strive to make you’all happy (okay, it’s not just because […]

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I love it when two rivers come together. And this a.m. my friends from the Wall Street Journal complied, with a story that ties in the CAFTA 15 and my post yesterday about the New Democratic Network’s Simon Rosenberg. Follow this lovely connection, my friends. Greg Hitt reports a story entitled, “Trade Pact Votes May […]

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Late last night, I posted more complete documents from the SEIU-AFSCME no-raid agreements and the deal to work cooperatively on home care and child care worker organizing in California and Pennsylvania. The documents give a rich, complete description of the details of the deal. Might want to check them out. I was wondering: would it […]

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