Expert analysts have tallied the impressive media expenditures, of Gov. Scott Walker, to save his gubernatorial seat, at $20 million-plus. This upcoming recall effort in Wisconsin is a blatant attempt to subvert the electorate's will for the greedy ends of large corporations and the wealthiest citizens.

The AFL-CIO is working with campus and young activist groups to address the staggering problem of student debt, a huge economic issue for our country. Curtis Hierro is a graduate student at the University of Central Florida and an activist with Jobs with Justice. We encourage your comments and submissions through Your Turn on the blog. This past April, student loan debt held in the United States surpassed the $1 trillion mark; indenturing an entire generation of students to debt. Today, the average student graduates with $25,000 worth of student loan debt. This is in an economic climate dominated by high unemployment and underemployment for those fortunate enough to attain jobs.

The Backus Federation of Nurses at Backus Hospital, Norwich, Conn., have secured their first collective bargaining contract which includes safe working provisions as well as professional and economic standards. These provisions will help to recruit and retain experienced RNs, AFT Connecticut announc...

Move over Baron Munchhausen,your place at the top of the world,s greatest liar list has just been downgraded.
Mitt the Panderer just won the competition outright.!
Does anyone believe anything that this morally bankrupt rich man says.?
Is anyone that stupid?
Obama in 2012!!!...

I took action at Verizon's greed by switching to another carrier. A company behaving this way doesn't get my business....

A new and growing movement called Unite Against the War on Women is mobilizing to push back on measure like this, with protest marches and rallies across the country on Saturday, April 28.

UNITE Women is saying, “Enough is enough,” and is mobilizing women and men to push back, according to Karen Teegarden, founder of the new organization.

I recently saw the article about the music video that UFCW 400 did about unionism in the Union City newsletter. It was a great video with a great message that got me thinking...

Being a part of IATSE I know mostly about unions related to entertainment and wonder whether these unions (IATSE, AGMA, AGVA, AFM, Actor's Equity, CWA, NFL Players, Writers Guild, SAG/AFTRA, and so on.

A couple of weeks back I made bried mention of a new book that has now been released. It is titled "Judas Times Seven" and, although technically a novel, it provides a modicum for restorning some fairness within today's workplace. In the story Bruce, a middle-aged data entry operator, is moving well through his new job with a cheeful attitude in achieving goals and friendships.

Boehner can stop this bill but thank god we have only a few more months left of him and the teabaggers. It is with the greatest pleasure to vote them all out and make sure they never comeback.

In his book Scraping By, Seth Rockman identifies that the position held by contemporary Americans concerned with economic social justice is neither radical nor progressive. Rockman examines the history of the early Republic, in particular the City of Baltimore, thereby revealing the political-economic tension between those who controlled capital, those who contracted their labor or the labor of their slaves, and how said tension was mitigated.