Working Life

The buzz is, obviously, about the immigration rallies and walk-outs today. The focus should be on making sure that enough power is shown in the streets to push back any legislation that smells of the anti-immigrant House bill. But, there is a debate about the best tactics: demonstrations versus (or, in addition to) walking off […]

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I’m sure most folks in America are feeling a bit mystified–on the one hand, they are being told the economy is doing just fine, with the Gross Domestic Product rising at a rate of 4.8 percent in the first quarter. Certainly, the Bush Administration and the talking heads in the mainstream media are trying to […]

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The superwealthy are at it again–lead by those leading lights at the Wal-Mart family. They are trying to effectively rob every one of us of the chance to have decent housing, healthcare, parks…you name it, all the things the government makes possible because we can’t pay for that stuff on our own. Of course, the […]

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So, yours truly and 56 other people spent some time in jail yesterday for peacefully blocking a road near the campus of New York University. You may remember that NYU, one of the richest private universities in the country, has been refusing to recognize and negotiate with the graduate students’ union–even though it had already […]

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Last month, I argued that the fastest way to deal with the trade deficit with China was to bring down the value of the dollar, rather than play political chicken with the Chinese government. At least the folks at the Economic Policy Institute agree with me: The optimal policy solution to this imbalance is a […]

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I thought it was disgraceful for Andrew Young to agree to become a shill for Wal-Mart. Now, as reported by the the Atlanta Journal-Constitution yesterday, some of his former civil rights compatriots are going public with their own criticism of Young’s making common cause with one of the worst corporate violators of civil rights, womens’ […]

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Yesterday, Roger Toussaint, the president of the TWU Local 100 in New York City, was delivered to jail with a rousing march across the Brooklyn Bridge. Who knows what this will mean down the road. Maybe the memory of the march of 1,200 people will fade with time–or maybe people will look back at it […]

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Today, Roger Toussaint, the president of the transport workers union, begins his ten-day jail sentence in the infamous Tombs in NYC. Yours truly will be among a large crowd of unionists who will gather in Brooklyn and march with Touissaint across the Brooklyn Bridge. John Sweeney, the president of the AFL-CIO, will apparently also be […]

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I’m just wondering today about November: if the Democrats don’t take back the Congress, will someone fire Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Rahm Emanuel? I know the answer is, of course, no because the Democratic Party power-that-be are all about making sure that those who have power hold on to it–no matter what. This party […]

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There’s been a lot of speculation and anticipation and criticism, all rolled into one, about the plans of Change To Win. Well, wait no longer for the first shot out of the box. This coming week, CTW will launch its campaign–previously discussed–called “Make Work Pay. And you can be the first one to see the […]

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