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Dan Malloy just isn’t that into Michelle Rhee
Teacher by Shutterstock. Disgraced former DC schools chief Michelle Rhee is on a quixotic search to pretend she’s a Democrat in good standing, despite her pursuit of taking away workers’ rights and...
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CA Prop 32: A union-killing wolf in populist clothing
Wolf by Shutterstock Looks like the tricksters in the California Republican Party have found another way to kill off campaign contributions from unions — Proposition 32, on a statewide ballot near you...
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Spreading Wal-Mart strikes have huge potential for workers nationwide
trekandshoot / Shutterstock.com In recent weeks there have been a series of wildcat strikes and work disruptions at Wal-Marts and Wal-Mart warehouses around the country. And workers are now threatening...
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UK Tories want workers to trade rights for shares
Nic Neufeld / Shutterstock.com I am in London this week for a conference. The Conservative Party conference is also this week, so the papers are full of their latest ideas on how to dismantle civil...
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Obama to twist Dem, progressive arms in “fiscal-cliff bargain” meetings this...
Updated with attendees of the Tuesday labor & progressives meeting. See below original post for that list and comments. Also updated for clarity. ________ So Obama, fresh off his victory speeches,...
View ArticleRobert Reich: Why you shouldn’t shop at Walmart on Friday
Plenty of you have no doubt heard about the walk-out planned for Black Friday, but if you haven’t, click through to Robert Reich’s site to read more. It’s important for us all that fellow Americans...
View ArticleGOP activist Crowder accused of provoking MI union members, selectively...
Ruh roh. Conservative activist Steven Crowder is facing a bit of heat from both the conservative media and the mainstream media, after his supposed “assault” by union members in Michigan. It seems...
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Workers on Cathay Pacific Airline threaten to cut drink service and smiles
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways’ flight attendants are threatening to cut back drink service, and even stop smiling, if the company doesn’t agree to a 5% pay raise. Hmm, no liquor and surly...
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A muted union victory in the NHL lockout deal
As the embarrassing three-month NHL lockout prepares to end, opening the door to an abbreviated season, it appears that both sides will be able to walk away relatively happy. As Nicholas Goss of...
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Is the Democratic Party still the “lesser evil”?
Is the Democratic Party still the “lesser evil”? If so, in what sense? To answer these questions, we have to look at the policies of the Obama 2.0 Democratic Party through three separate lenses: ■ How...
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America faces more than a dozen deadlines, all caused by billionaires and...
I’ve had an article in draft for some time — “The 16 Deadlines Facing America” — that details each deadline, describes the dangers, and states why each faces an end-point rather than just a periodic...
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How corrupt is Penny Pritzker, Obama’s Sec. of Commerce nominee?
How corrupt is Penny Pritzker, Obama’s latest cabinet appointee? I mean that question literally. I don’t think we know the degree to which she is corrupt. I’m going to quote Rick Perlstein at The...
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Unions say Obama betrayed them on ACA
More news. There’s a battle brewing between the White House and several labor unions over implementation of the ACA, Obama’s Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). The headline and lede — a number of...
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Two major pro-Keystone unions donate to anti-union US Chamber of Commerce
One more fine catch from Lee Fang and the renascent Republic Report. My understanding is that the major trade unions who are pushing hard to get the climate-disaster Keystone XL Pipeline built are...
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How Loretta Lynch could save the country, the Obama administration, and the...
For six frustrating years, Obama has tried to be Legislator in Chief focusing his energy almost exclusively on the areas where his enemies could frustrate him, while ignoring the vast Executive Powers...
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NLRB blocks Northwestern football’s unionization attempt in ruling that makes...
The National Labor Relations Board dismissed a ruling earlier today that had allowed Northwestern University’s football team to form a union. From the Associated Press: The decision throws out a March...
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Scott Walker throws Hail Mary, calls for banning public sector unions and...
Five months ago, back when his campaign wasn’t in shambles, Scott Walker assured voters that his cruel and unusual union-busting plan in Wisconsin would stay in Wisconsin, calling it a “state issue“:...
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John Kasich isn’t a moderate: Collective bargaining
This may not be a mark against a candidate in a Republican primary, but then again, none of the other posts in this series have been, either. That’s sort of the point. John Kasich hates unions. A lot....
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