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Robert Teitelman: Anarchism, Liberterianism and OWS
I was struck by waving signs demanding to "End the Fed." This shruggingly seemed to represent an example of the general incoherence of OWS. But a few days later, there were suddenly four sign wavers urging to "End the Fed".
AFGE | UnionBlog
UnionBlog is a publication of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) -- the largest federal employee union representing 600,000 federal and D.C. government employees nationwide.
Stephanie Schriock: The Wisconsin Fight: Bridging Women, Labor and the Progressive Movement
Today is about our fight: women, labor, the progressive movement. We've come together to support the policies that made this country great -- and the idea that we all do better, when we all do better.
Mike Lux: Bankers' Holiday
The great battles of this turbulent era will keep going on for years to come. The ideologues who want no check whatsoever on the power of big business have declared war on the middle class, and want no one to get in their way.
Dedrick Muhammad: Little Known History of Labor Rights and Civil Rights
American economy has been one where wealth and income is increasingly concentrated in the hands of an elite, creating a top heavy economy versus a middle class economy that was at the center of America's most prosperous years.
Mike Elk: 'Class War' Between Private and Public Sector Unions?
There does seem to be a growing resentment of union workers in the United States as other workers' standards of living decrease. But are we at the point of a class war between these two sectors or is this just some conservative fantasy?
Mike Elk: Sad, Startling Stats: Number of Union Elections, Strikes Continue Steady Decline
New figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) demonstrate the American labor movement's decreasing ability to organize new workers and use its most potent weapon--the strike.The federal agency's startling new stats, released Friday, show that the total number of National
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: The Priority of Growth and Jobs -- the IMF's Dialogue With the Unions
While the IMF and the labor movement might have some differing views, our goals are ultimately the same -- standing against narrow domestic interests, against nationalism, against war. And standing for better living standards for all, and for peace.
Mike Elk: Why Are the LGBT and Immigration Movements Vibrant as the Labor Movement Dies?
This White House has made it clear it will only take on controversial issues if it is forced to through vocal protest against the White House. Its time for labor to turn up the heat on the White House.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: China Labor -- the Pure Shame of it
China could be on the cusp of a new movement that improves the lives of its workers, or the world could see this movement wither through a lack of organizing expertise or a government crackdown. It's the moment of truth.
