Working Life

Today, the Wall Street Journal catches up with a story that I first saw reported in the Financial Times on Wednesday: the UAW and a group of large shareholders, including four large U.S. and European pension funds, have filed objections in bankcruptcy court to the outrageous bonuses that Delphi executives have cleverly orchestrated for themselves […]

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Happy Thanksgiving to all…just a brief post this morning, combining my favorite issues: sports and politics. Looks like Carlos Delgado is going to sign with the cross-town rivals, the Mets. I’ve always liked Delgado–but not solely because of his baseball skills. Back when he was with the Blue Jays, when his team came to Yankee […]

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Here’s a bit more information on where we stand on the question of the participation of Change To Win unions in the AFL-CIO’s local and state central bodies. For those just joining the conversation, there’s been a long back-and-forth between the two federations about John Sweeney’s proposal to create Solidarity Charters. In mid-September, there was […]

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I found the MSM accounts of the deeper cuts at General Motors (5,000 more workers to lose their jobs on top of the 25,000 UAW members who already faced the axe) pretty woeful, primarily because the stories typically refer only in passing to the role health care costs play in the demise of GM and […]

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Over the past few months, I’ve made it a habit to try to hold Democrats accountable for their votes or actions when it comes to labor-related votes. A few people yelp: why are you picking on Democrats? My friends, we know how Republicans are going to act (sure, that’s an over generalization–there are a few […]

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Well, reader Sue took me to task in yesterday’s post for not keeping everyone fully informed on what Change To Win is up to. I guess I should feel honored that you’all expect me to be the bearer of news. BUT, this blog was started precisely so that people could have a place to debate […]

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The juxtaposition couldn’t be more startling. The president and the Republican House leadership (when it isn’t attacking John Murtha) continue to talk about staying the course until somehow they “pacify” the country. And, on the other hand, the violence increases: Mosque Attacks Kill 70 in Iraq; Hotel Is Hit, Too By EDWARD WONG BAGHDAD, Iraq, […]

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The AFL-CIO has developed a cool tool–though it’s a pretty sobering one. It’s the job tracker. The job tracker has data on some 60,000 companies, and spits out information on many of their misdeeds. You can check out, by state and community, which companies have outsourced jobs and which companies have a record involving violations […]

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We’re chock full of info on the Beast of Bentonville. First,the Wal-Mart Alliance for Reform Now (WARN) and the Wal-Mart Workers Association just released this report on working conditions for the Beast’s workers in Florida. Surprise, it’s not what the company says. From the conclusions of the report: Even under the most conservative assumptions, it […]

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Now, the pro-war faction is in a pickle. John Murtha’s call for immediate withdrawal from Iraq shakes up the establishment–the guy is a hawk and a Vet. I particularly like his delicious retort to Dick “I Had Other Priorities” Cheney. From The New York Times website: WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 – An influential House Democrat called […]

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