The Conservative Class War, Continued The Conservative Class War, Continued
The assault on public employee unions is the next phase of a the forty-year campaign by the rich against the rest of us.
Feb 3, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Setting the Story Straight on Snow ‘Slowdown’ Setting the Story Straight on Snow ‘Slowdown’
It's worth noting, while New Yorkers dig ourselves out from another snowstorm, that the story that went rocketing around the media after the first major snowstorm of the year, of a...
Jan 27, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Why Tax When You Can Freeze? Why Tax When You Can Freeze?
"The hard truth" is that controlling the deficit's going to "require some broad sacrifice" that public workers are going to have to share in, said the Pres.
Nov 30, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Profits, Pensions and the Return of GM Profits, Pensions and the Return of GM
Today marked the return of automaker GM to public trading on the stock market. All hail the American automakers, returning to profitability in a little over a year after bankruptcy...
Nov 18, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Unionbusting, Iraqi-Style Unionbusting, Iraqi-Style
With US approval and privatization the goal, the government is targeting organized labor.
Oct 6, 2010 / Feature / David Bacon
Europe Marches; Brussels Stands Still Europe Marches; Brussels Stands Still
Europe's workers march against austerity, but no government will challenge the new neoliberal orthodoxy.
Sep 30, 2010 / Maria Margaronis
Nation Conversations: Richard Trumka on Labor’s Challenges Nation Conversations: Richard Trumka on Labor’s Challenges
A talk with AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka on the state of the labor movement and plans for the future.
Sep 27, 2010 / The Nation
The UAW Hits the Streets The UAW Hits the Streets
Bob King, the new UAW president, has dusted off the union and renewed its activist traditions.
Sep 2, 2010 / John Nichols
This Labor Day, No Holiday for Unions This Labor Day, No Holiday for Unions
Unions are in trouble. But if only we'd listened to them more often in the past, America wouldn't be in the predicament it's in now.
Sep 1, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rotten Apples, Core Values Rotten Apples, Core Values
Profits are booming, but Mott's is demanding benefit cuts. Workers are fighting back.