Working Life

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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UPDATES: I’ve received all the key documents that relate to what I think is a pretty significant deal between AFSCME and SEIU to cooperate and avoid raiding situations. Here are the documents: The deal covers home care workers in California (as well as side letters to that agreements), child care workers in California and Pennsylvania […]

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Here’s a bit of a surprising revelation—though maybe it’s naïve to label any strange/perplexing bedfellows story as surprising in the world of politics. There’s an organization called the New Democratic Network (NDN)—it’s website says it “works with other allied groups to build a strong, vibrant and powerful progressive politics capable of meeting the challenges of […]

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You have to read this piece today by The New York Times’ Mary Williams Walsh, who, by my way of thinking, has done one of the best jobs in the MSM (and even the non-MSM) in covering the debacle facing the private pensions system. Walsh chronicles the business strategy of one Robert Miller which can […]

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So, the Change To Win coalition rally came off quite nicely and the coalition also donated $125,000 to the strikers. Check out the photo here. But, what caught my eye this a.m. is the fact that the strike by more than 18,000 machinists at Boeing has even the business press confused–and critical of the company. […]

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Yesterday, I promised to come back to the attack on workers’ wages unleashed by the Administration under the guise of New Orleans recovery. Today, a part of the attack has taken on a new face: the conservative wing of the Republican party is already calling for cuts in spending to offset any of the tens […]

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A reader wrote me with a splendid idea: the new federation, which is currently working under the title Change To Win, needs a new name. So, the floor is open for suggestions. Now, I’ll make a plea: be creative and fun and INSPIRING…and, if possible, let’s try to minimize nasty suggestions. It’s only a name. […]

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