Moves Against Off-Shoring Should Be More Than a Political Afterthought

By Amy Dean This week, Democrats failed working people and demonstrated once more how wide the gulf has become between political rhetoric and tangible legislative results.   I’m talking about the failure of the Senate Democrats to even get a vote on the Creating American Jobs and Ending Off Shoring Act.  Yes, the Republicans threw every [...]

Massive Protest March in Brussels Rejects European Austerity Plans

ITUC OnLine More than 100,000 trade unionists from throughout Europe took to the streets of Brussels today to oppose austerity measures which, if governments do not change direction, will have disastrous social and economic results. Parallel national protests taking place across Europe include a general strike in Spain, and demonstrations in Italy, France, Portugal, Lithuania, [...]

Hong Kong Business Federations Derail Labor Law Reforms in Guangdong, China

By Paul Garver The Pearl River Delta of southern China is the world’s most massive industrial complex.  Tens of millions of industrial workers, mainly internal migrants from inland China, labor long hours in vast factory complexes that churn out all kinds of industrial products for export and for domestic markets.  A previous article on Talking [...]

Major Legislation to Combat Wage Theft Introduced Today

Today Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) introduced the Wage Theft Prevention and Community Partnership Act, which would authorize the U.S. Department of Labor to establish a competitive grant program to prevent wage theft. The bill would expand the efforts of enforcement agencies and community organizations to educate workers about their rights and the remedies available to [...]

DSA at the 10.2.10 March for Jobs, Justice and Education

We are looking forward to saying hello to as many DSA members and friends  as possible at this Saturday’s March for Jobs, Justice and Education. You can find DSA at our staging area, at our table in the official table area and at our reception Saturday night and evening. Here are the details:

Four ideas for strengthening the “One Nation Working Together” Coalition

Amanda Tattersall, author of Power in Coalition It’s difficult times for progressives in the United States with Tea Party reaction, state budget deficits, escalating foreclosures and unemployment. So it is an inspiring step to see a multitude of over 170 organizations coming together in the One Nation Working Together coalition to demand the change that [...]

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on One Nation Working Together March

Grading “Waiting for Superman”

by Dana Goldstein From the Nation. Here’s what you see in Waiting for Superman, the new documentary that celebrates the charter school movement while blaming teachers unions for much of what ails American education: working- and middle-class parents desperate to get their charming, healthy, well-behaved children into successful public charter schools. Here’s what you don’t [...]

Waiting for Superman?

By Duane Campbell Waiting for Superman is an emotional film that follows five public school students who compete in lotteries to attend public charter schools. This film was made by the producer of An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim. Waiting for Superman has been screened at a variety of film festivals, including Sundance, and was released [...]

Detroit DSA Hosts Jeff Faux on Economic Crisis Sept 28

September 28 Detroit, Mi. 7PM The Jobs Crisis: How did it happen? How long will it last? An Evening with Jeff Faux McGregor Conference Center, Wayne State University Jeff Faux is a founder of the Economic Policy Institute.