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UFCW and AFL-CIO: Working Together on Safety

    This was interesting. Yesterday, the AFL-CIO and UFCW issued a joint press release about a victory in a long battle: the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will finally require–drumroll,...

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A Labor Department Wakes Up

   Yes, there are big issues where the outcome is not clear–the Employee Free Choice Act and health care come to mind. But, this does make a difference in the day-to-day lives of workers–from The Wall...

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“The Soviet Union” V. “The Marketplace”: False Choices

Yes, to get back to some sane, healthy economic strategy we have to confront the Wall Street/Robert Rubins of the world, the corruption of the electoral system and a whole set of adversaries. But, I...

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Mine Owners Caused Killer Blast

   I saw this just now. We need to keep alive the memories of those miners who died because of greed and avarice.    On the NYTimes website just now: In the first comprehensive state report on the 2010...

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Unions Stop People From Dying

   The usual thing to mention when it comes to unions is how much better a union job is because of higher pay, real benefits and some security. What we often forget is how unions save lives.    We take...

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Episode 188: Corporations & the Pandemic Killing Fields; Taking A Cleaver To...

Big companies don’t give a second thought to making big profits during the COVID-19 pandemic even if that means thousands of workers—and their families—will get sick and die from the virus. Actually,...

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