by James Parks, Mar 26, 2008 Progressive students have been deeply involved in issues of worker justice on campuses and in their communities. So much so, that those involved are forgoing spring break on the beach so they can take action in support of low-wage workers’ struggle for fair wages and freedom to form unions. […]
Unions’ Campaign Against Verizon Sale Nets Better Deal for Consumers, Workers
by James Parks, Mar 25, 2008 Verizon workers mounted a strong campaign against the sale of the company’s landlines in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. As a result, when regulators approved the sale, the workers’ efforts created a better deal for consumers and the workers. The Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the Communications Workers of America […]
McCain: Working Families to Blame for Mortgage Mess
by Seth Michaels, Mar 25, 2008 Across the country, the collapse of the housing market has created a crisis of foreclosures that is dragging down the economy. Finding a fair solution for this mess should be a top priority of the next president. So presidential candidate Sen. John McCain must have a plan […]
Video: Residents of Louisville’s Rubbertown Neighborhood Fight against Toxic Emissions
Eboni Cochran and her neighbors in Louisville have organized to demand that chemical companies in their area do a better job of monitoring and containing hazardous materials that seep into the soil and air. Across the country, polluting industries are concentrated in communities where the poor and people of color live. To see more, […]
PBS Series Looks at How Inequality Is Making Us Sick
by James Parks, Mar 25, 2008 Americans spend more money on health care than any other country, but the benefits of our health care system are distributed unequally. We know 47 million Americans have no health care and the health care system is broken. Ninety-five percent of the 26,000 people who responded to the AFL-CIO/Working […]
$600,000 for Flowers, but No Water for Workers
by Mike Hall, Mar 25, 2008 The Arizona State University Foundation spent nearly $1 million for meals and other events at luxurious Phoenix-area hotels and more than $600,000 in flowers, gifts and trophies in 2005–2006. That same year, overhead expenses, including the meals and flowers, accounted for 56 percent of the foundation’s expenditures, while direct […]
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