Excerpted from AFL-CIO, by Richard A. Levins
Excerpted from AFL-CIO, by Richard A. Levins
Excerpted from The Daily News of Newburyport
Wed Mar 09, 2011, 03:30 AM EST
To the editor: I will never forget a TV program I watched years ago about how a union was formed in coal mining. The coal miners and their families were living in hovels, b
Excerpted from Chronicles of Delusion
Unionization created the middle-class. Prior to labor unions most workers labored under extreme temperatures, in filthy environments, for long hours, at low wages. Meanwhile owners, stockholders, and top brass, smoked ciga
Unbeleivably, the city of Winter Park, Florida has hired a consulting firm to persuade it's city workers not to form a union. Keep in mind this is paid for with tax dollars!
Boehner signaled that the GOP is willing to play chicken with our nation's credit rating and once again demanded that debt caused by reckless captains of industry be paid for by middle class America.
Speaking at the Economic Club of New York, Boehner promised his audience that they will NOT be asked to make any sacrifices: accor