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  • This Thursday, Stand Up For Workers' Rights

    11/14/2007 8:20:27 PM

    We've written before in this space about the most recent assault on workers' rights by George W. Bush's National Labor Relations Board: [T]he recent NLRB decisions say that the corporate Bush backers are not satisfied. They want the law...

  • Won't Somebody Think of the Billionaires?!?

    11/13/2007 10:04:00 PM

    You know, in this crazy mixed-up world, it's good to know that there are people out there who are willing to help you remember what's important in life. People like pundit Jonah Goldberg. Yes, amidst all the hoo-hah about...

  • "Victimizing the Victim"

    11/9/2007 4:35:28 PM

    Our Executive Director, Greg Tarpinian, blogged in this space a few days ago about the recent spate of anti-worker decisions that just got coughed up by the National Labor Relations Board. Others around the Web are commenting on this, too....

  • Join the Movement

    11/9/2007 3:54:31 PM

    It occurs to me that I should mention we're looking for a few good people to help restore the American Dream! Over on our Job Opportunities page, we have a bunch of positions available with CtW, our affiliate unions, and...

  • Writers Walk Out

    11/5/2007 9:30:31 PM

    The strike by the 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America to get fairer compensation for their work is generating a lot of great observations around the Web about how unions can benefit all kinds of working people. The...

  • Bush Board Launches Massive New Assault on Workers

    11/2/2007 10:57:02 PM

    With its term coming to an end, the Bush Administration's craven fealty to the most extreme interests of corporate America is reaching unprecedented heights in agency rule making throughout the government. It is hard to believe that any is more...

  • Tell Paula to Keep Her Promise

    11/1/2007 7:22:02 PM

    We've written before in this space about celebrity chef Paula Deen's endorsement deal with Smithfield - a deal that she has clung to even when confronted with the facts about Smithfield's abysmal treatment of its workers in its plant...

  • Henry Kravis' Transparent Greed

    11/1/2007 7:32:37 PM

    (This entry cross-posted at the Huffington Post) You have to give it to Henry Kravis. Few people would have the nerve to stand up in front of a crowd of pension fund and other institutional investors and joke about jacking...

  • Raids Have Consequences

    11/1/2007 6:52:21 PM

    In the wake of Congress's failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement administration (ICE) has stepped up  operations in recent months with military-style raids at worksites around the country. These enforcement-only measures may work Lou Dobbs and his...

  • When Will Cintas Learn?

    10/31/2007 6:59:06 PM

    For the fifth time since the tragic death of Cintas worker Eleazar Torres Gomez at a Tulsa, Oklahoma laundry facility, the nation’s largest laundry and uniform services company is facing another expensive fine – this time $196,000 for exposing workers...