Opinion

Tale of two worlds

September 19, 2009 By PWW Editorial Board

At the AFL-CIO labor convention, teabaggers, birthers and other haters seem a world away. Firefighters, ironworkers, teachers and office professionals all took the floor making the case for a labor movement fully engaged on fighting for...

LETTERS, September 19, 2009

September 19, 2009 By Readers

Tucson for EFCATucson, Arizona, became the latest city to endorse passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Tucson’s Republican Mayor, and the all Democratic city council voted unanimously to pass a resolution extolling the proposed legislation...

Crystal Lee Sutton: Thunder in North Carolina

September 19, 2009 By PWW Editorial Board

In the 1960s and early 1970s, textile workers in North Carolina inspired labor and workers everywhere with their successful assault on the Southern, non-union fortress, built by JP Stevens. In 1967, the Steven’s sweatshop empire included...

The Baader Meinhof Complex: a movie review

September 19, 2009 By Dan Margolis

At every political gathering, it seems, there are those who decide to go off in some strange direction.

Money can’t defeat outrage against Bloomberg

September 18, 2009 By Gary Bono

The incumbent mayor of New York City, opposed by Democrat Bill Thompson in the upcoming mayoralty election, is multi billionaire business tycoon Bloomberg. The recent endorsements of Bill Thompson by two powerful New York City unions,...