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The Disgraceful Treatment of U.S. Workers
The
rotten treatment of many U.S. workers has become an international disgrace.
Labor's Choice Has To Be Obama
Barack
Obama supports key issues that would greatly improve the life of American workers. John McCain opposes them.
New Targets for Tomato Pickers
The
highly exploited farmworkers who pick most of the country's tomatoes have new targets in their drive for decent wages and
working conditions.
A Memorial Day Massacre
A once suppressed film depicting police chasing down and killing strikers and their families played a key role in winning
union rights for American workers.
Labor's Critical Election Role
Congressman
Dennis Kuchinich says unions should go all-out to defeat Presidential candidate John McCain for the benefit of labor and the
country in general.
The Jobless Need Help - Now!
Millions of jobless Americans badly need more of the unemployment benefits that have helped sustain them.
No Peace, No Work
Unions promise to wage major anti-war demonstrations on May Day.
Charlton Heston, Union Hero
Staunchly
conservative actor Charlton Heston had once been a union leader and influential liberal.
An Honor Long Due Cesar Chavez
It's
way past time to make Cesar Chavez' birthdate a national holiday.
Time To Check Those Union Cards
There's
finally a realistic chance for passage of a law to give U.S. workers full union rights.
'Don't Be A Marshmallow!'
Few
women are more deserving of special attention during Women's History Month than Dolores Huerta, a co-founder with Cesar Chavez
of the United Farm Workers.
Unions Are Growing - Finally
The
percentage of American workers belonging to unions is increasing for the first time in more than three decades.
Sit Down! Sit Down!
It was 71 years ago this month that autoworkers won one of the most important stikes in American history.
A Union That Made Black History
The
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters played a key role in the struggle of African Americans for equal rights.
MLK Was A Working-Class Hero
Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the labor movement's greatest allies.
"On A Good Evening, I Get Four Hours Sleep"
The loss of air traffic controllers is a main reason airlines are consistently operating behind schedule and facing serious
threats to passenger safety.
Dancing in the Rain
The Oakland general strike in December of 1946 was one of the most effective ever waged.
Justice For Only A Penny
Burger King is trying to undermine agreements by its major competitors to improve the shameful working conditions of tomato
pickers.
Tobacco's Other Victims
Few workers are more badly treated than those who harvest the deadly tobacco crop.
Second-Class Women
An ever-increasing number of highly qualified women are going into professional occupations - and encountering blatant discrimination.
Labor: Changing To Win?
U.S. unions are drawing closer together to wage major organizing and political campaigns.
Wooing Labor
Democratic presidential candidates are trying very, very hard to win union support.
Gene Debs, American Hero
Those seeking to improve the lives of ordinary Americans could find no greater guide than Gene Debs.
Viva La Causa!
Farmworkers are celebrating one of the most important and hopeful events in U.S. labor history.
An Extraordinarily Good Man
Americans rarely have had a greater champion than labor leader Walter Reuther.
A Trailblazing Organizer's Organizer
Although virtually unknown by the general public, Fred Ross was one of the country's premier organizers, the trainer of such
leaders as Cesar Chavez.
Labor's Happy Day
Unions are celebrating Labor Day with great expectations for success.
Labor's Day - and Yours
Labor Day should remind us of the good that unions have done for all Americans.
It All Began in San Francisco
Labor Day has been observed for a much longer time than most historians say.
Raising the Minimum Wage: Don't Stop Now!
The new federal minimum wage should be raised to at least $9.50 an hour, as labor and Democratic Party leaders are urging.
Labor's Unhappy Anniversary
The decline that U.S. unions are struggling to reverse began a quarter-century ago at the hands of Ronald Reagan.
The Legacy of Wheatland
None of the events in the long history of attempts to bring economic justice to America's farmworkers has been more important
than the "Wheatland Riot" nearly a century ago.
The Bloody Homestead Strike
One of the most violent and most significant battles in U.S. labor history.
A Free Choice for American Workers
Workers may finally win the full union rights long denied them.
The Unfriendly Skies of George W. Bush
The Bush administration is abusing air traffic controllers and endangering the millions who rely on them for safe travel.
The Big Strike
No strike has had greater historical impact than the 1934 strike of West Coast longshoremen.
Injury, Death, the American Worker and George Bush
The Bush administration is failing to protect workers from the hazards that cause many of them serious injury or death.
Just A Penny More
The drive to win decent treatment for the tomato pickers who are essential to the fast-food industry is picking up steam.
It's Time We Kept Our Promise to Working Women
Working women have too long been denied the "equal pay for equal work" legally promised them.
Better Teacher Pay: The Key to Better Schools
A new survey shows how poorly we pay teachers despite their great importance.
Cesar Chavez - A National Hero
Farm union leader Cesar Chavez merits a national holiday.
Farmworkers Need More Federal Help - Now!
California farmworkers are still suffering from January's severe freeze.
A Good, Stubborn Irishman
They don't make labor leaders like Joe O'Sullivan anymore.
Busting Unions to Protect "National Security"
Despite their importance to our security, airport screeners are unable to exercise their full civil rights.
Sick Workers & Kids Need Our Help
We badly need a law to enable workers to take time off to care for themselves or their sick kids.
The Day Seattle Stood Still
One of the rare general strikes in U.S. history brought the city of Seattle to a virtual halt in 1919.
Payback Time for Labor
Congress is finally going to take labor issues seriously.
More Poison, Says Bush
The Bush administration has made certain that millions of Americans will continue to be needlessly exposed to methyl bromide,
one of the most toxic of all pesticides.
The Man Who Didn't Die
Joe Hill was - and remains - a true working class hero.
'A Revolutionary, Apocalyptic Time'
Creation of the CIO brought profound changes to the American labor movement - and to American society generally.
Labor & the Democrats: A Winning Combination?
U.S. unions are waging one of their most important political campaigns ever.
Censoring Labor
Although most people work for a living, the mainstream media generally ignore their working lives and attempts to improve
their conditions through collective action.
It's Criminal, What Congress Has Done to the Working Poor
Congress has openly violated the law that guarantees a living wage to American workers.
A Penny More for a Decent Life
We should demand that McDonald's join the drive to improve the miserable conditions of the tomato pickers whose work is vital
to the country's fast-food outlets.
Thanks, Harry
Labor reporter Harry Bernstein of the Los Angeles Times was one of America's most important journalists.
Don't Bite the Hands That Feed Us
The immigration reform bills being debated in Congress would add to the great harm already being done to the country's miserably
treated farmworkers.
Want More Money? Join a Union
Union members remain the most highly compensated and otherwise best treated of American workers.
The Real May Day
May Day once marked more than the beginning of Spring.
The Massacre at Ludlow
Twenty-six men, women and children died at the hands of authorities in one of the deadliest strikes in American history.
Si Se Puede
Cesar Chavez is truly one of the most extraordinary leaders in U.S. history.
What Cesar Chavez Taught Us
Few leaders have made greater sacrifices than Cesar Chavez, who risked his very life in seeking social and economic justice
for farmworkers.
UC's Quest for the Best, Brightest - and Greediest
Legislators finally are investigating the University of California officials' virtually unchecked spending of millions on
each other's compensation.
Unions Continue the Work of Martin Luther King Jr.
The link between the labor and civil rights movements that Martin Luther King Jr. worked to forge is now stronger than ever.
The Terminator vs. Labor
Arnold Schwarzenegger is hoping to strike a crippling blow against the labor movement on Nov. 8.
The President's Anti-Labor Relations Board
Bush appointees are denying workers their union rights.
The Steelworkers' Bloody Battle
The steelworkers' strike of 1919 was a key event in American labor history.
Labor: Rising from the Dead
The current turmoil within the labor movement is a sign of strength rather than weakness.
Elaine Chao Is No Frances Perkins
Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao is not a friend of labor.
You Will Eat, Bye and Bye
Few organizations have done more for working people than the 100-year-old IWW.
Living in the 21st Century, Working in the 19th
The immigrant sheepherders who perform that ancient and vital task for US ranchers are among our most poorly treated workers.
Is It Labor Party Time?
A genuine Labor Party to challenge the mainstream political parties is an idea whose time may finally have come.
Extortion in California?
It's still money first, education second for the University of California's greedy administrators.
The Terminator Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out
The very special interest of Califonia's clownish governor is bashing workers.
Will Pizza Carry a Union Label?
The overworked and underpaid drivers who deliver your pizza finally have a union.
Workers Feeling the Pain of Bush's Victory
Working people have taken the first of what are sure to be many heavy post-election blows from President Bush and his allies.
Labor's Crucial Second Step
Unions are following up their failed campaign to unseat President Bush with a major drive to revitalize the labor movement
politically and otherwise.
The Farmworkers' Angry Champion
Ernesto Galarza was a key leader in laying the groundwork for the emergence of the farm labor movement led by Cesar Chavez.
A Teachers' Teacher
Jim Ballard was a key leader in the drive to give full rights to American teachers.
The Farmworkers' Unlikely Ally
Few people have been more important to farmworkers in their long fight to win basic rights from growers than Lionel Steinberg
- a grower.
Labor's Great Challenge
Organized labor has rarely been confronted with a greater challenge than this year's presidential election.
Schwarzenegger and Reagan: Two of a Kind
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proving to be no friend of labor.
Left-Wing - and Proud of It
Jimmy Herman was one of the truly great unsung leaders in recent American history.
Labor's on the March - At Last
American unions are finally taking steps that hold a real promise of reversing their steady decline.
Labor Board Heads Back to the 19th Century
The National Labor Relations Board actually claims that the indispensable work done by graduate student employees is not really
work.
UC's On-The-Make Bosses
The University of California is a prime example of the many educational institutions that have adopted the values of corporate
America.
He Made the UFW Possible
Al Tieberg was one of the most important, yet unsung, champions of the country's oppressed farmworkers.
On the Right Side of the Fence
Jack Hall led the remarkable struggle against huge corporate interests that brought industrial democracy to Hawaii.
The Courage of Rose Bird
It's time we remembered one of the best friends farmworkers ever had.
Decent Pay for All
Congress' refusal to raise the pitifully inadequate minimum wage has subjected millions of working Americans to lives of poverty.
All Workers Are Equal - Unless They're Women
The law guarantees equality to working women, but employers don't.
A Missing Chapter in Broadcasting History
The station involved in one of public broadcasting's major events isn't talking about it.
A Rare, Unheralded Champion of American Workers
Jim Drake, a long-time assistant to farmworker leader Cesar Chavez, was an extremely rare individual.
Ronald Reagan's War on Labor
Yeah, Ronald Reagan was great - unless you happened to work for a living.
Neither Safe nor Healthy
The job safety laws are supposed to protect workers - but they don't.
An Exceptional, Forgotten Leader
Lou Goldblatt teamed with Harry Bridges to create one of the country's most important unions.
The Great Pullman Strike
It was a virtual insurrection of working people, a key event in the creation of the American labor movement.
Hoffa Made Me a Hero
A great story that would have made a much better movie than that Jack Nicholson flick.
Labor & the Media
Rotten. That's the only word to describe the media's coverage of working people and their institutions.
Barbarity on the Farm
Some of the farmworker's tasks are downright torturous.
Heading Off Economic Disaster
There are hopeful alternatives to President Bush's disastrous economic policies.
What Women Want - and Badly Need
Half of America's working people are women, but they are still treated as secondary to their male counterparts.
Labor's Anti-Bush Troops
Organized labor is mounting a major drive to defeat President Bush in November.
Hoffa's Last Hurrah
On film he was a hero, but in real life Jimmy Hoffa was a violent, vicious anti-hero.
The Best Literary Friend Farmworkers Ever Had
Author John Steinbeck did much to better the conditions of farmworkers.
Fairy Tales About the Jobless
Despite what the Bush administration pretends, unemployment remains a severe problem.
Stop Wal-Mart - Now!
The retail giant is threatening to victimize us all.
Union Rights Are Human Rights
Millions of Americans are routinely denied the fundamental right of unionization supposedly guaranteed them by law.
Farmworkers vs. Goliath -- Again
The United Farm Workers union has resumed its decades-long battle with giant winemaker Gallo.
Bringing Real Democracy to Iraq
U.S. occupation forces are enforcing Saddam Hussein's anti-union laws in Iraq.
Bush Opts for Poison
The Bush administration is trying to increase use of the pesticide methyl bromide despite its disastrous effects on people
and the environment.
The Drive for 'Contraceptive Equity'
Women are demanding -- and should be getting -- the right to "contraceptive equity."
A Porter Who Dared Protest
C.L. Dellums of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was one of the most important figures in the early struggles for racial
equality.
The Remarkable Harry Bridges
No one has ever done more for those to whom he devoted his life -- "the working stiff -- that's who!" as he often
declared.
Older Workers -- Down, But Not Out
Discrimination against older workers is a fact of American life, but maybe not for much longer.
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