Our "post-partisan" president is a most-partisan president. Unions are one of the most loyal donors to Democratic political coffers. And they often supply volunteers for political campaigns. Remember, just 12 percent of...
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In Europe, economies are run by a troika of politicians, leaders of large corporations, and major unions. These groups run the economy to their benefit and against entrepeneurs, nwe competitors, foreign competition, low-skilled...
The Philadelphia Transport Workers Union went on strike yesterday, shutting down bus and subway services and forcing nearly a million commuters to find other transportation. What are a labor union's goals, and why do they...
For American workers, it is a telling tale of two cities. Last month, workers in Wheat Ridge, Colo., won a smashing victory, holding powerful special interests accountable. In Washington though, those special interests fought...
For American workers, it is a telling tale of two cities. Last month, workers in Wheat Ridge, Colo., won a smashing victory, holding powerful special interests accountable. In Washington, those special interests fought back,...
The ostensible defense of making the creditors take a deeper haircut than the workers in the auto bankruptcies was that the workers were needed for continuing operations, and besides, it would be bad for the economy if they...
Published: Mon, November 2, 2009 @ 12:00 a.m. By JAMES SHERK For American workers, it is a telling tale of two cities. In Wheat Ridge, Ernest Duran Jr., longtime president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, ran the...