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A radical third party? I agree!

January 22, 2015 By John Bachtell

"We need a labor-led third party in this country" is a refrain I hear more and more. It's a sentiment I agree with wholeheartedly!

Call for stronger labor law first for Obama on national television

January 22, 2015 By John Wojcik

Obama, for the first time since he took office six years ago, used his State of the Union Speech last Tuesday to call for new, tougher labor laws to protect worker's rights.

Happiness is … joining a union!

January 21, 2015 By Clyde Weiss

Union members are happier with their lives than nonunion workers. Makes sense, right? Now comes a study that proves it.

Tentative pact lets 18,000 Kaiser California nurses cancel strike

January 21, 2015 By PAI

"The pact shows the chain recognizes the nurses' devotion to assuring the highest level of quality care for patients as well as protections for the nurses who deliver that care."

Time to close Wall Street’s “Retirement Advice” loophole

January 16, 2015 By Mike Hall

Wall Street brokers and financial firms that provide retirement investment advice can drain away thousands of dollars of hard-earned savings from a single retirement account.