Working Life

    So, as a short follow up to yesterday’s post on the decision by SEIU to be neutral at a national level and let its state-level organizations make up their own minds, here’s some intel on where at least one insider believes states might go. Some of this is probably obvious–and feel free to disagree […]

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As I mentioned the other day, I just got back from taking part in a portion of John Edwards’ poverty tour. And while I agree with many observers that the MSM is focusing on really stupid stuff, The Wall Street Journal says something different today, which is worth noting: “Edwards, Trailing Rivals,Holds Sway Over Party’s […]

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I was just going to spend a nice Sunday just reading, and not blogging and even avoiding the computer but leave it to The New York Times to mess all that up. As I flipped the page, tucked neatly in the lower part of the next page was an article that warned all those unsuspecting […]

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    Okay, no surprise, the Employee Free Choice Act is dead. I’ve gotten no fewer than a dozen e-mails from various politicians and organizations, including the AFL-CIO and Change To win, hailing the Senate vote because a majority–51 senators–voted to let the bill proceed i.e., to cut off the filibuster. Here’s what John Sweeney had […]

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Even The Wall Street Journal acknowledges the obvious today: President Bush’s ambitious global trade agenda appears to be shrinking to this: a new investment-treaty negotiation with Rwanda, launched Thursday, likely to be followed by pursuit of similar pacts with the small African countries of Ghana and Mauritius. Bigger, more complex agreements — notably the Doha […]

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Back in April, I wrote that supporting the Employee Free Choice Act should be a no-brainer for Democrats. Well, the debate on EFCA is starting next week in the Senate and so we’ll see where a few Democrats stand. I noted that a few Democrats were not co-sponsors and were giving dodgy answers why they […]

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    A while back, I asked the question: Why are Democrats working for Wal-Mart? Today, there’s another aspect of this having to do with Mark Penn, the key strategist and pollster for Sen. Hillary Clinton. Steve Greenhouse has a piece today that further explores an article that appeared in The Nation. Here’s a snippet: The […]

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    Was it just me or did someone else notice that there was barely a mention of labor in the debate last night between Democratic candidates? I haven’t had a chance to find a transcript somewhere–I can’t bear to watch the video again…–but my memory remembers only two mentions, both of which were in passing: […]

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You remember the Administration’s Iraq “Coalition of the Willing,” which was a sham from the start, including such important military powers as Poland. It was a title for a coalition with no real meaning. Labor has its version. Just picked up the AFL-CIO magazine, which notes, as has been noted elsewhere in labor’s propoganda, that […]

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