Working Life

This is huge: Republican voters are now overwhelmingly opposed to so-called "free trade." Not surprising but really a potential goldmine for Democrats—if they have the foresight and courage to seize it. We are talking about a possible major realignment based on economic issues.   Let me talk first about the poll and, then, say something […]

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Whew. John Edwards just spoke to the Change To Win convention in Chicago and blew the delegates away. I’ve got a few snippets here from his speech.   First, to repeat some of the background: Three of the Democratic candidates are speaking here at the one-day convention. Barack Obama spoke this morning and he did […]

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    I’m here in the Windy City for the Change To Win convention. I’ve only got a few minutes before the convention goes back into session–and there is no wireless in the hall so it’s tough to get real-time stuff up (memo to unions: if you want reporters to get the message out, set up […]

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   The Service Employees International Union will not endorse any candidate in the Democratic primaries–at least until next week. This announcement came just a few minutes ago via  a conference call with SEIU president Andy Stern and Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger.   How did SEIU get to this place? After hearing on Monday from candidates who […]

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    This is a good day to check in on the lay of the land regarding where unions are going in the Democratic presidential primaries. Today, two important unions are hearing from the Democratic presidential candidates: The Service Employees International Union and the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA).     For SEIU, here’s the […]

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Three weeks ago, I took a look at where unions might end up in the Democratic presidential primary race. There has been a fair amount of movement so it’s a good time to check back and see where we are—with some general analysis. Here, and down the line, I’m generally going to focus on national […]

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    Well, I was off on vacation–eh, it was just a week so I barely got the head cleared out–and got back in time to see that we’ve had a little action on the labor front on endorsements for president. I’m going to say a lot more about this tomorrow, with more detail, but for […]

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A couple of weeks ago, I noted how The Wall Street Journal had acknowledged that John Edwards was dictating the debate in the Democratic Party. Today, he’s doing it again. This time on global trade, the issue that I believe defines the future for workers throughout the globe.    Today, Edwards is unveiling a comprehensive […]

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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’m on the road with the poverty tour that John Edwards is doing through several states in a few days (yours truly is only going as far as Memphis), an opportunity to see a wide variety of workers struggling to make it. I’m going to try to write something more in depth later or tomorrow. […]

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