Anti teacher union efforts of Waiting for Superman

Image via Wikipedia by Duane E. Campbell I have posted here several critiques of  the film, “Waiting for Superman,” so I do not need to repeat these criticisms.  The most fact based criticism is What Superman Got Wrong. My goal in the following is to share my own reaction to the film. First, it is [...]

The ‘Repo-Demo’ Party’s Three Phase Austerity Plan for America

By Jack Rasmus Get ready for more of the same failed “job creation” policies, enacted by an increasingly unified political elite. The Bush tax cuts are now extended. What cost $3.4 trillion over the past decade, 80% of which accrued to the wealthiest households and U.S. corporations, will now cost another $802 billion over the [...]

USLEAP Releases Third-Annual Colombian Impunity Report

The Colombian justice system is falling further behind in the fight against impunity for anti-union violence, according to USLEAP’s third-annual report released on December 22 that examines convictions of murderers of trade unionists. In an analysis of 77 rulings issued in 2009 by Colombian courts, the report found that the Colombian government achieved convictions in [...]

Coca-Cola Case Win CLIFF Award

Coca-Cola Intimidates Student Group Over Film S…, posted with vodpod The 2010 Canadian Labour International Film Festival has tallied the votes from locations across the country and is pleased to announce that this year’s Best in Festival Award goes to The Coca-Cola Case by German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia. The $2,500 award is given out [...]

Hark! Walmart Flash Mob

The Seattle Singers for Economic Justice take over WalMart with an entertaining holiday message for workers rights. Produced by Pepperspray. (HT: Arieh Lebowitz, Jewish Labor Committee)

Guide to talking union this holiday season

At holiday gatherings, you might just encounter a family worker, friend, neighbor, or coworker, spewing anti-union rhetoric. American Rights at Work has come up with a great list of facts so you can speak up the next time you hear someone attacking unions — and help shed light on what unions are really all about. [...]

The Work of the Catholic Worker

by Angelo Lopez In the early 1930s, Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day conceived of a newspaper called the The Catholic Worker. Dorothy Day was a radical anarchist who was heavily involved in the leftist political movements of the 1910s and 1920s before she converted to Catholicism, and she wedded her radical convictions to her new [...]

Buy Alta Gracia College Apparel!

by Jonah Zinn   For the first time, I can wear my Badger sweatshirt knowing it was made in just working conditions. Years of activism by garment worker unionists and United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) have paid off as new union-made Alta Gracia hoodies and tees hit college bookstores this season. To spread the word, [...]

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of 2010

By Amy Dean There’s no sugarcoating it: 2010 was a rough year for progressives. Looking back, there were plenty of bad and some downright ugly moments for us, culminating in the Republican victories in the November midterms. But pointing fingers and looking for places to lay blame doesn’t get us very far. There are lessons [...]

Divided Unions May Enable Passage of U.S.-Korea Free Trade Treaty

by Paul Garver For several years unified opposition from the U.S. labor movement and a coalition of environmentalist and global justice groups has blocked passage of “free trade” treaties negotiated by the Bush administration with Korea, Colombia and Panama. Now the Obama administration has negotiated strategic concessions from Korea for the vehicle assembly and meat [...]