Working Life

    I was struck today, as I have been for the past several weeks, at the void created when John Edwards suspended his campaign for president. Today, it was on the issue of trade and globalization, courtesy of a piece in The Wall Street Journal entitled "Decoding Candidates On Trade."     Here’s an important paragraph, […]

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    Before yours truly goes out to the picket lines for the Writers Guild of America (Time Warner Center Noon-2 p.m. for those of you in NYC…and, who knows, maybe this will be one of the last picket lines of the strike if the deal being discussed among the members this weekend passes muster), I […]

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    Before yours truly goes out to the picket lines for the Writers Guild of America (Time Warner Center Noon-2 p.m. for those of you in NYC…and, who knows, maybe this will be one of the last picket lines of the strike if the deal being discussed among the members this weekend passes muster), I […]

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    So, John Edwards is dropping out of the presidential race. From trade to an ability to really talk about unions and on whole lots of other issues, Edwards shaped the Democratic presidential debate.     The question is: what now? I’m hoping that he becomes the Al Gore of economic struggles. Gore rose dramatically in […]

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    So, John Edwards is dropping out of the presidential race. From trade to an ability to really talk about unions and on whole lots of other issues, Edwards shaped the Democratic presidential debate.     The question is: what now? I’m hoping that he becomes the Al Gore of economic struggles. Gore rose dramatically in […]

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Everyone seems to be focused on the back-and-forth between Sens. Clinton and Obama on…well, you figure it out. But, the most telling moments–and, I believe, the most important subject matter of the entire debate–came when Sen. Obama and John Edwards debated the question of the so-called "free trade" deal with Peru.   The first inkling […]

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Everyone seems to be focused on the back-and-forth between Sens. Clinton and Obama on…well, you figure it out. But, the most telling moments–and, I believe, the most important subject matter of the entire debate–came when Sen. Obama and John Edwards debated the question of the so-called "free trade" deal with Peru.   The first inkling […]

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   Over the past few months, I, and others, have pointed out that John Edwards is clearly the strongest advocate for organized labor. Up here in New Hampshire, where I’ve been for the past couple of days, I think that has become more clear. That became clear yesterday.   All the Democratic candidates, if asked, […]

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   Over the past few months, I, and others, have pointed out that John Edwards is clearly the strongest advocate for organized labor. Up here in New Hampshire, where I’ve been for the past couple of days, I think that has become more clear. That became clear yesterday.   All the Democratic candidates, if asked, […]

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    Ben Smith of the Politico talked to me New Year’s Eve about whether Sen. Obama was doing long-lasting damage to his relations with labor because of his criticism of 527 money flowing in to Iowa in support of Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. Obama never actually used the words "special interest" and "unions" in […]

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