Labor
Hilton Hotel workers walk out in three cities
October 18, 2010Hotel workers strike Hilton to protest increasing work loads at the same time the Hilton's owners are receiving $180 million in federal bailout funds.
Read moreTeamster rack up four organizing wins
October 18, 2010The Teamsters racked up four organizing wins in late September and early October, including the first-ever union win under new voting rules.
Read moreLabor intensifies outreach to Y generation
October 15, 2010The AFL-CIO is stepping up a program it hopes will eventually bring the Y generation into the labor movement.
Read moreWall Street Journal warns labor could stop GOP in its tracks
October 13, 2010Evidence that all the media hype about a coming GOP victory in the mid-term elections may be totally off base surfaced Oct. 12 in a warning to the ruling class from the Wall Street Journal.
Read moreLabor takes on racism in GOP “Pledge”
October 12, 2010The Republican Party's platform for the mid-term elections, its "Pledge to America," has a sharply racist edge.
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