by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | September 12, 2013 | Short Articles
The AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles drew to a close yesterday after four days of speeches, resolutions, and votes. At the convention, delegates voted to broaden the labor movement by forming stronger partnerships with non-union organizations (such as worker centers...
by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | August 23, 2013 | Short Articles
As the next federal budget deadline looms large, economist Paul Krugman continued his one-man campaign against the “Deficit Hawks” in his New York Times column last Thursday. As Krugman pointed out, people like Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles have continued to drum...
by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | August 16, 2013 | Short Articles
The Rev. Jim Sessions, an Interfaith Worker Justice Board Member, was in the car driving to St. Louis for the “Fairness at Patriot” rally, when news of the settlement between the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and Patriot Coal was announced on the radio. * Not...