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What to Do With Detroit?

The Real News | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justin Fox, Jim Stanford, Chrysler, Bailout, Gm, United Auto Workers, United States, Ford, Public Financing, Auto Industry, Unions, Canada, The Real News, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Three, Automakers, Caw, Detroit Automakers, Cars, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit, Politics News
The Real News

"Governments around the world have always been proactive in growing and nurturing industries like the auto industry. In North America for the last couple of decades, we haven't done that."

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Comments About the Looming SAG Strike

Norman Horowitz | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Aftra, Lloyd Burns, Writer's Strike, Sag, Screen Gems, Unions, Union Leader, WFA, Dga, Business News
Norman Horowitz

The appointment of a mediator will not help one teeny weenie little bit. The actors want "more money" and the production companies are unwilling to give it to them. Simple isn't it?

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Will Henry Paulson Sink Detroit?

Dean Baker | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Wall Street Bailout, Auto Industry Bailout, Unions, Economy, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Business News
Dean Baker

Mr. Paulson now stands to gain lasting notoriety as the person who destroyed the domestic U.S. auto industry, and the economies of the Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana along with them.

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It's Time to Give Voters the Liberalism They Want

Thomas Frank | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Union Card Checks, Thomas Frank, Card Checks, 2008 Election, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News
Thomas Frank

It is possible, I suppose, that the pundits are right and the public didn't really mean it when it elected a liberal Democrat president and gave Democrats even larger majorities in both houses of Congress.

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Big Media: Screw the Auto Workers

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Uaw, Big Three Automakers, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Economy, Working Life, Wages, Economic Crisis, Cars, Ford, Automakers, Labor, Bailout, General Motors, Alan Reuther, Ron Gettelfinger, Detroit, Unions, Auto Industry, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

Memo to the media: you want to see the auto industry go down? Fine. But, at least try to give the facts about the cuts, concessions and job losses that workers have taken on in a bid to save their livelihoods.

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America Needs a Strong, Unionized Auto Industry -- That Requires Government Action

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Congress, Energy Independence, Government Bailout, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Gm, Pensions, Walter Reuther, Ford, Labor Unions, Detroit Automakers, Charles Wilson, General Motors, Auto Unions, Health Care, Auto Industry, Unions, Politics News
Robert Creamer

If we allow the unionized American automobile industry to collapse, we will accelerate the reduction of middle class incomes for everyone. That collapse would start a tidal wave of lower wages.

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Playing Offense for the Employee Free Choice Act

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics News, Work, House, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, President Elect Barack Obama, Labor, Chamber of Commerce, Middle Class, Election Results, Senate, Barack Obama, President Elect Obama, Economy, Home News
Mary Beth Maxwell

This week, American Rights at Work launched a substantial nationwide television ad campaign. It emphasizes the fact that far too often, CEOs won't wil...

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On November 4th, Workers Won, Corporate Interests Lost

David Bonior | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pro-Worker Congress, Democratic Congress, Congress, Election Results, Employee Free Choice Act, Corporate Interest, Unions, Politics News
David Bonior

Our new pro-worker Congress is significant in light of how big business front groups tried -- and failed -- to use the Employee Free Choice Act as a wedge issue.

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Obama Win Emboldens Unions

Crain's Chicago Business | Mike Colias | Posted 11.05.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana, Seiu, George W. Bush, Chicago Labor Unions, Christopher Cimino, Chicago Hospitals, Unions, Barack Obama, Afscme, Chicago News

Unions are planning aggressive organizing drives at Chicago-area hospitals in the wake of Tuesday's election of Barack Obama, a close ally of organize...

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Chamber of Commerce Hopes to Avoid Employee Free Choice Act

The Real News | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, US Senate, Afl-Cio, Senate Races, Unite, Manufacturing, Jobs, Unions, US Chamber of Commerce, Barack Obama, Union Legislation, Employee Free Choice Act, Republican Senate Majority, Stewart Acuff, Politics News
The Real News

Ensuring a Republican majority in the Senate would mean potential blockage of the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that gives workers additional rights with respect to unions.

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GOTV in North Carolina: Labor Takes a Lead

Elana Levin | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Unite Here, On the Ground 2008, Obama North Carolina, Larry Kissell, Kay Hagan, Labor Unions, Unions, Barack Obama, North Carolina, Politics News
Elana Levin

Last week one of the Change to Win volunteers was outside a polling place and a woman in line called out her name. "Erin! I'm in line here to vote because of you!"

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A Real Solution for America's Struggling Middle Class

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Employee Freedom Action Committee, Work, Economy, Middle Class, Chamber of Commerce, Unions, Politics News
Mary Beth Maxwell

Throughout this historic campaign season, the economy has without a doubt been the most dominant issue on the minds of American voters. Once the turbu...

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Boeing Workers End Strike, Return To Work

AP | RORY MARSHALL | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Boeing, Boeing Strike, Strikes, Labor, Unions, Business News

SEATTLE — Boeing Co. production workers began returning Sunday night to the factories where they build jetliners, one day after they voted to en...

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Truck the GAP: Jeff the Trucker is a Better Symbol of America's Workers

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Strike, Unions, Oak Harbor Freight, Employee Free Choice Act, The Gap, Workers Rights, Home News
Peter Dreier

Forget Joe the Plumber. One of America's real working class heroes is Jeff the truck driver. Jeff Wallace, 43, has been on the picket lines for si...

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In Praise of Canvassing: It's Not Too Late to Volunteer

Bruce Raynor | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Early Voting, Barack Obama, Unite Here, Labor, Volunteering, Volunteer Stories Obama, Unions, Organizers Election 2008, Politics News
Bruce Raynor

Going to a person's home and talking with them is one of the most meaningful things progressives can do.

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The Washington Post Only Supports Bailouts for Robert Rubin, Not Autoworkers

Dean Baker | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Meet the Press, Bailout, Income Inequality, Unions, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Bailout, Washington Post, Business News
Dean Baker

The Post was near hysterical in its support of the Wall Street bailout earlier this month. Now the occasion comes to bail out the auto industry and the Post goes ballistic the other way.

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It's About the Students, Stupid!

Marc Lampkin | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Political, Campaign, Teachers, Unions, Buttons, Academic Standards, Students, Learning, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

When was the last time a teachers' union sued to demand higher academic standards? When has a teachers' union ever demanded more accountability in our classrooms?

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THE WORLD IS COUNTING ON US

Stewart Acuff | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Afl-Cio, Organizing, Unions, Stewart Acuff, Barack Obama, Home News
Stewart Acuff

I am just returning to the U.S. from two days of meetings in London. The meetings were part of our work to globalize our organizing, to globalize our...

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On the Ground with Working Families in Oregon

Stewart Acuff | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Afl-Cio, Stewart Acuff, Jeff Merkley, Ronnie Musgrove, Labor Unions, Unions, Home News
Stewart Acuff

As the nation's economic crisis deepens and the focus of voters shift from silly attack ads to America' s dire problems, Democratic candidates for the...

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Mitch McConnell and Our Effort to Turn Around America

Stewart Acuff | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Afl-Cio, Kentucky, Stewart Acuff, Mitch McConnell, Labor Unions, Unions, Bruce Lunsford, Home News
Stewart Acuff

Remarks to the Kentucky Jobs with Justice Annual Dinner Louisville, Kentucky Thursday, September 18th, 2008 We gather tonight at a most precipitous m...

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Acting Like Change Is at Hand

Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Aftra, Labor, Screen Actors Guild, Sag, Unions, Actors, Entertainment News
Annabelle Gurwitch

Yesterday brought exciting news for many SAG members who voted to elect candidates endorsed by and representing our interests who banded together to form the group Unite for Strength.

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Former Colombia Foreign Minister Argues For An Extension Of Tough U.S. Drug Plan And Free Trade, Supports McCain

Diane Tucker | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Russia, Congress, Colombia FARC, Venezuela, Pablo Escobar, Sarah Palin Vice President, War on Drugs, Wall Street Journal, Killing Pablo, Offthebus, Plan Colombia, Trade Deficit, Colombia Free Trade, Alvaro Uribe, Farc, Para-Military Groups, Bill Clinton, Hugo Chavez, John McCain, Democratic Congress, John Bussey, Pablo Escobar Films, Terrorism, Free Trade, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Manufacturing Jobs, Barack Obama 2008, Outsourcing, Outsourcing to India, Labor Unions, Colombia, Sarah Palin, Narco-Trafficking, Fernando Araujo, Unions, Cocaine, Tu-160, Home News
Diane Tucker

I think Senator McCain will probably win in November because what North Americans value most is security, stability and experience, and that is McCain.

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What Is Wal-Mart So Afraid Of? Four Words: Employee Free Choice Act

Robert Greenwald | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Walmart, Civil Liberties, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Economy, Baratunde Thurston, Seiu, Meet the Bloggers, Cenk Uygur, Pensions, American Rights at Work, Robert Greenwald, Recession, Working Class, Brave New Foundation, Efca, Jack and Jill Politics, Michael Whitney, Ceos, Andy Stern, Class,War, Unions, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

The Employee Free Choice Act is a vital piece of legislation that, if passed, will go a long way toward restoring the middle class in our country.

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China Orders Businesses To Unionize

New York Times | David Barboza | Posted 09.12.2008 | Business

Read More: China Union, Labor, China, Unions, Business News

SHANGHAI -- Some of the world's biggest corporations are facing intense pressure from China to allow the state-approved union to form in their Chinese...

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The True Values of Values Voters

Robyn Blumner | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bristol Palin, Christian Right, Sarah Palin, Values Voters, Teen Pregnancy, Abortion, Levi Johnston, Unions, Politics News
Robyn Blumner

The life prospects of a teenage couple with a child and only high school degrees have collapsed in this modern economy.

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