Working Life

    An end of the year piece of good news happened over the weekend–from the announcement by 32BJ in NYC: The Local 32BJ Bargaining Committee announced on December 29th a tentative agreement on a new $6.8 billion contract for 26,000 commercial property service workers in New York City that provides more than 16% in pay […]

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    An end of the year piece of good news happened over the weekend–from the announcement by 32BJ in NYC: The Local 32BJ Bargaining Committee announced on December 29th a tentative agreement on a new $6.8 billion contract for 26,000 commercial property service workers in New York City that provides more than 16% in pay […]

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    You’ve probably read already that a deal was struck between David Letterman and the Writers Guild of America so Letterman’s writers will be back at work on Wednesday. Letterman was able to cut a deal because he owns his production company and the rights to the show. The Writers Guild explains the deal in […]

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    You’ve probably read already that a deal was struck between David Letterman and the Writers Guild of America so Letterman’s writers will be back at work on Wednesday. Letterman was able to cut a deal because he owns his production company and the rights to the show. The Writers Guild explains the deal in […]

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   At the end of the day, when the madness of our election process is over, each of us is likely, no matter who we individually supported, to be disappointed. But, as I’ve pointed out since the 2006 elections, there is much to be optimistic about when it comes to the issue of trade—-at least […]

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   At the end of the day, when the madness of our election process is over, each of us is likely, no matter who we individually supported, to be disappointed. But, as I’ve pointed out since the 2006 elections, there is much to be optimistic about when it comes to the issue of trade—-at least […]

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    I’ve often pointed out that the question of immigration–and the way the debate is often framed–ignores the fact that immigrants are economic refugees, forced to come to the U.S., in large part, as a result of economic policies that our government imposes on the world–for example, so-called "free trade" agreements that end up undoing […]

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    I’ve often pointed out that the question of immigration–and the way the debate is often framed–ignores the fact that immigrants are economic refugees, forced to come to the U.S., in large part, as a result of economic policies that our government imposes on the world–for example, so-called "free trade" agreements that end up undoing […]

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    If it’s possible to say that there is good news from the sweatshop front, here it comes, from our friends at the National Labor Committee: Fifty-eight workers fired for organizing a union at the Star SA factory in Honduras’s El Porvenir free trade zone (owned by the U.S. Anvil t-shirt company) have been reinstated […]

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    If it’s possible to say that there is good news from the sweatshop front, here it comes, from our friends at the National Labor Committee: Fifty-eight workers fired for organizing a union at the Star SA factory in Honduras’s El Porvenir free trade zone (owned by the U.S. Anvil t-shirt company) have been reinstated […]

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