If a drug lord like Amado Carrillo were in the business of journalism today, he would have every newspaper owner in the country shot like dogs. The Lord of the Skies would call them what they are, grinning mira putas who started using their own oh-so addictive product and crashed to the earth as a […]
Marie Antoinette, Meet Angelo Mozilo
– by Tula Connell This is a cross-post from the Firedoglake blog. Here’s an idea. Instead of retiring when we turn 65, let’s go to work scrubbing tables at the nearest fast-food outlet. Sound good? Not to most of us. But it’s a future that U.S. workers increasingly are facing. America’s workers aren’t just losing their homes in what […]
Tinnitus Affects Millions
Tinnitus Affects Millions. Ringing in the ears, also known as tinnitus, is a very common condition. If you experience noise in your ears, you may have tinnitus. Tinnitus is generally not an indication of a serious illness and can range from mildly annoying to extremely disturbing. Tinnitus can be hissing, buzzing, ringing, whooshing, pulsing, clicking […]
Indian Workers Demand Major Changes in Guest Worker Program
by James Parks Chanting, “All the way to the White House!” and carrying signs, saying “I Am A Man,” more than 70 Indian guest workers rallied at the White House gates Monday in a cold rain to demand fundamental changes in the nation’s guest worker program, which business interests want to expand. They also want a congressional […]
40 Years After King’s Death, Unions Still Best Route to Better Life for African Americans
by James Parks Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 40 years ago this week in the midst of a campaign to support striking Memphis sanitation workers who were trying to gain better pay and working conditions by joining a union. Now, a new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows that […]
Hawaii Legislature Passes Employee Free Choice Measure
by James Parks With passage of the federal Employee Free Choice Act a major issue for working people in the 2008 elections, lawmakers in Hawaii last week passed their own version of the bill. Union members were key to passage of H.B. 2974, which levels the playing field for workers considering a union. The legislation, which […]
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