Collective Bargaining

America's Middle Class Needs Right to Bargain, Secure Contracts -- Like CEOs Have

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.11.2008 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

When uninsured Wal-Mart workers get sick, American taxpayers foot the bill. They pay for coverage through Medicaid, the health insurance plan for the poor. That's what the Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, banks on.

The Labor Movement's Principled Position on Colombia FTA

Dan Kovalik | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics


Dan Kovalik

The U.S. labor movement is telling the truth about the dire labor situation in Colombia, and it is opposing the Colombia FTA based upon its principled solidarity with its union brothers and sisters.

Taking On the Right's Local Machine & Fighting Against the Class War

David Sirota | Posted 11.10.2007 | Politics


David Sirota

This is not some flashback to the 19th Century -- workers still are being persecuted for daring to want to come together and make their voices heard collectively.

We Can Do Better Than This

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics


Sen. Bernie Sanders

The decline of the middle class combined with growing income inequality is a national scandal -- which Congress must address.