Articles of Interest from Around the Web

Labor Party Time? Maybe Not Yet—But Don’t Hit the Snooze Button
A talk prepared for a January 13, 2013 meeting of Kansas City Labor Party Advocates
by Bill Onasch

Fiscal Cliff Talks: Progress Quietly Begins As Both Sides Make Opening Bids
by Michael McAuliff and Jennifer Bendery, Huffington Post, December 3, 2012

Citizens Protest Looming “Fiscal Cliff” Budget Cuts
by Allison Kilkenny, The Nation, December 3, 2012

Efforts to Curb Social Spending Face Resistance
by Robert Pear, New York Times, November 26, 2012

Predicting the Upcoming Election:
The Real Swing States Are Colorado and Virginia
by Dr. Jack Rasmus

The Coming Obama-Romney Economic Debate: Differences and Similarities
by Dr. Jack Rasmus

Teachers End Chicago Strike on Second Try
by Monica Davey and Steven Yaccino, New York Times,September 18, 2012

Vote Scheduled on Chicago Teachers’ Contract
by Monica Davey and Steven Yaccino, New York Times, September 18, 2012

As Chicago Strike Goes On, the Mayor Digs In
by Monica Davey, New York Times, September 17, 2012

Chicago Public Schools Fail to Get Immediate Court Order Ending Teachers Strike
by Jason Meisner, Hal Dardick, Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, and Joel Hood, Chicago Tribune, September 17, 2012

Chicago Teachers Continue Strike as Mayor, Chicago Public Schools Attempt to Trample Free Speech, Right to Protest
Statement of the Chicago Teachers Union, September 17, 2012

Tens of Thousands Rally to Support Striking Chicago Teachers
The Real News, September 11, 2012

Behind the Chicago Teachers Strike
by Theresa Moran, Labor Notes, September 10, 2012

Workers’ Rights Are Human Rights
Interview with Saladin Muhammad, MSNBC, September 5, 2012

Why I’m Striking, JCB
Teacher X Blog, September 9, 2012

America Would Be Better Off with More Strikes
by Chris Rhomberg, CNN, September 10, 2012

Public Schools Are the Next Big Thing for Private Equity and Venture Capital
by Stephanie Simon, Reuters, reposted in Business Insider, August 2, 2012

As Chicago Teachers Head Toward Strike, Democrats Turn on Their Union
by Theresa Moran, Labor Notes, September 7, 2012

Many Unions Opt Not to Spend on Dem Convention
by Fredreka Schouten and David Jackson, USA Today, September 3, 2012

How Unions Could Do Much Better
by Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer, Workers Action, August 30, 2012

The Final Lesser-Evil Election?
Why Voting for Democrats Doesn’t Help Working People
by Shamus Cooke, CounterPunch, August 14, 2012

The Romney-Ryan Plan for America
New York Times Editorial, August 12, 2012

Huge Rally Demands a Second Bill of Rights for Americans
by Dave Johnson, OpEdNews.com, August 12, 2012

Tens of Thousands Stand Up for Labor
by Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com, August 12, 2012

The Corporate Vision for American Education
by Jack Rasmus, ZSpace, August 1, 2012

U.S. GDP—Why the U.S. Slowdown Will Continue
by Jack Rasmus, July 28, 2012

Taxing the Rich and the Jobs Crisis
by Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer, Countercurrents, July 22, 2012

The Portland Community Begins to Fight Austerity
by Shamus Cooke, indybay.org, May 8, 2012

Why Are Working People Invisible in the Mainstream Media?
Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich
by Amy Dean, Truthout, July 20, 2012

Unions’ Past May Hold Key to Their Future
by Eduardo Porter, New York Times, July 17, 2012

Nurses Union Will Keep Fighting for Medicare for All
by Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director of the California Nurses Association and the National Nurses United
July 17, 2012

A Victory for Obamacare, a Defeat for the Left
The Health Care Trap
by Shamus Cooke, Counterpunch, July 2, 2012

Con Ed Curtails Services After Talks Break Down
by Anne Barnard, New York Times, July 1, 2012

How the Supreme Court’s “Obamacare” Ruling May Lock In Racial Inequity
by Imara Jones, Colorlines, June 29, 2012

“Health Law Upheld, but Health Needs Still Unmet”: National Doctors Group
Press Release of the Physicians for a National Health Program

Waiting for SCOTUS
Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare

Lost in Recession, Toll on Underemployed and Underpaid
by Michael Cooper, New York Times, June 18, 2012

Trumka’s Delusions
Labor Declares Victory in Face of Defeat
by Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer, Counterpunch, June 7, 2012

The Silver Lining in Walker’s Victory
by Arun Gupta and Steve Horn, Truthout, June 7, 2012

Wisconsin Follow-Up
by Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer News, June 7, 2012

Walker’s Victory, Un-Sugar-Coated
by Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer News, June 6, 2012

Wisconsin: What Happens When Movements Turn Into Campaigns
by Bruce A. Dixon, Black Agenda Report, June 6, 2012

“Now Make Me Do It”
Obama’s Wisconsin Betrayal
by Andrew Levine, Counterpunch, May 30, 2012

Dissecting the U.S. GDP Slowdown & Prospects for Recovery in 2012
by Jack Rasmus, ZSpace, May 6, 2012

Income Inequality Worse Under Obama Than George W. Bush
by Alexander Eichler, Huffington Post, April 11, 2012

The Spring of Our Discontent: Why Women Will Take to the Streets on April 28th
by Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Huffington Post, April 13, 2012

A Third Jobs Relapse Underway?
by Jack Rasmus, ZSpace, April 8, 2012

U.S. Agencies See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb
by James Risen and Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, February 24, 2012

U.S. Does Not Believe Iran Is Trying to Build Nuclear Bomb
by Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2012

Republic Windows and Doors:
A Serious Occupation: Workers Occupy Goose Island Factory
by Rosa Trakhtensky, Nick Burt, Joe Macaré and Dan Massoglia;
with thanks to Aaron Cynic, Micah Uetricht and Kenzo Shibata
Occupied Chicago Tribune, February 23, 2012

How Occupy Helped Labor Win on the West Coast
by Josh Eidelson, Salon.com, February 24, 2012

The Greek Debt Crisis as Harbinger of Things to Come
by Jack Rasmus, February 14, 2012

Longshore Workers Name Occupy Movement as Crucial in Settlement with EGT
February 12, 2012

What Occupy Taught the Unions
by Arun Gupta, Salon.com, February 2, 2012

Statement on Jobs
by Jack Rasmus

Fact-Checking President Obama’s State of the Union Speech, Part 1 (Jobs)
by Jack Rasmus, January 27, 2012

A Comment on GDP and Other Year-End Statistics
by Jack Rasmus, January 28, 2012

Occupy Oakland: Over 400 Arrested As Police Fire Tear Gas, Flash Grenades at Protesters
Democracy Now, January 30, 2012

Economic Predictions for 2012
by Jack Rasmus, Z Magazine, January 2012

A Gathering Storm Over “Right to Work” in Indiana
by Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, January 2, 2012

Man Brings Feast, Gifts to Homeless Living in Lakewood [New Jersey]'s Tent City
by Bob Considine, The Star-Ledger, December 24, 2011

The 10 Worst Economic Ideas of 2011
by Jeff Madrick, New Deal 2.0, December 22, 2011

Forty Verizon Workers Fired for Strike Activity
by R.M. Arrieta, In These Times, December 9, 2011

Occupiers Take on the Iowa Caucuses
by Teresa Krug, Al-Jazeera English, December 23, 2011

Census Shows 1 in 2 People Are Poor or Low-Income
by Home Yen, Associated Press, December 16, 2011

West Coast Port Shutdown Sparks Heated Debate between Unions, Occupy
by Evan Rohar, Labor Notes, December 12, 2011

Occupy Protesters Take Over Foreclosed Homes
by Les Christie, CNN Money, December 6, 2011

New Occupation: 20,000 March for Economic Justice in New York City

The Real Causes of Deficits and the Debt
by Jack Rasmus, Z Magazine, December 2011

Off the Charts
For Business, Golden Days; for Workers, the Dross
by Floyd Norris, New York Times, November 25, 2011

“It’s the Tax Cuts, Stupid!” or “Supercommittee Post-Mortems”
by Jack Rasmus

“We Didn’t Start This Class Warfare, but We Will Finish It”
Speech to the Rally for “Jobs Not Cuts!” November 17, 2011 in Trenton, NJ
by Thomas Bias

The Unemployed, Union Members Rally in Trenton
by Jason Method, Asbury Park Press, November 18, 2011

The 8 Real Causes of Deficits and the Debt
by Jack Rasmus, November 17, 2011

13 Ways to Tax the Richest 1%
by Jack Rasmus, November 7, 2011

AFL-CIO Opposes Cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, Calls on Congress to Follow Suit
by Kenneth Quinnell, Crooks and Liars, October 29, 2011

Thousands Rally against Possible Social Security Cuts
by Christina Reinwald, Boston Globe, November 10, 2011

Occupy Movement Inspires Unions to Embrace Bold Tactics
by Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, November 8, 2011

Occupy Protesters Plan 300-Mile March from New York City to Washington
by Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian, November 8, 2011

Occupy Chicago Joins Jane Addams Senior Caucus: Seniors, Disabled, Youth Lock Arms, Demand No Cuts
CommonDreams.org, November 8, 2011

Panel in Princeton Borough Offers Perspective on Job Crisis and What Voters Can Do
by Lauren Zumbach, The Times of Trenton, November 9, 2011

Ohio Voters to Kasich: “No, No, No”
by Mike Hall, AFL-CIO Now Blog, November 8, 2011

Thoughts on Occupy Oakland’s Historic General Strike: Celebration & Sobering Lessons
Davey D political writings, November 4, 2011

Occupy-Labor Alliance Seen as Increasingly Likely
by Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, November 6, 2011

Labor Marches in Solidarity with Occupy Portland
nwLaborPress, October 27, 2011

Is the Debt “Super Committee” Doomed to Fail?
by Gary D. Halbert, InvestorsInsight.com, October 18, 2011

For City Hospitals, “Super Committee” Failure Is a Pretty Good Option
by Fred Mogul, WNYC News, October 26, 2011

Unable to Pay Bill, Michigan City Turns Off Lights
by Corey Williams, Associated Press, published in Yahoo Finance, November 3, 2011

Port Closure Culminates Oakland Protest
by Cathy Bussewitz, The Press Democrat, November 2, 2011

Mostly Peaceful Occupy Oakland March Shuts Down Port and Banks
by Julia Prodis Sulek, Cecily Burt, and Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune, November 3, 2011

Liberals Get “Déjà Vu” and Complain Dems Have Bungled in Debt Talks
by Mike Lillis, The Hill, October 28, 2011

The Study That Shows Why Occupy Wall Street Struck a Nerve
by Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, October 27, 2011

Nurses Protest Outside Emanuel’s Office over Occupy Chicago Arrests
by Kristen Mack, Chicago Tribune, October 24, 2011

Nurses Condemn Chicago Mayor Emanuel for Arrest of Nurses, Medical Volunteers at Occupy Chicago
Press Release of National Nurses United, October 23, 2011

A Look at the Occupy Movement
In a Manner Neither Forceful Nor Foolish
by Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch, October 23–23, 2011

Anti-Wall St. Protesters March with Verizon Workers
by Chris Francescani and Michelle Nichols, Reuters, October 21, 2011

The Future of the #Occupy Movement: Solidarity and Escalation
by Mark Engler, Dissent, October 21, 2011

Losing Their Immunity
by Paul Krugman, New York Times, October 16, 2011

Naomi Klein Interview at Occupy Wall Street
Grounded News Video Report 7, October 12, 2011

It Is Five Minutes to Dawn and the Wind Smells Like Freedom
by Mike Ely, Kasama, October 14, 2011

CHARTS: Here’s What the Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About…
by Henry Blodget, Business Insider, October 11, 2011

“The World Is Watching”: Occupy Wall Street Stares Down the NYPD
by Ishaan Tharoor and Nate Rawlings, Time, October 14, 2011

Protesters Told to Vacate Park, for Its Cleaning
by David W. Chen, New York Times, October 12, 2011

Why the Elites Are in Trouble
by Chris Hedges, Truthdig, October 9, 2011

The Wall Street Occupiers and the Democratic Party
by Robert Reich, October 7, 2011

Protest Spurs Online Dialogue on Inequity
by Jennifer Preston, New York Times, October 8, 2011

The Depression: If Only Things Were That Good
by David Leonhardt, New York Times, October 8, 2011

Editorial
Protesters Against Wall Street
New York Times, October 8, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now
by Naomi Klein, The Nation, October 6, 2011

Unemployed Activists Lobby Super Committee Members on Budget Cuts
by Ryan J. Reilly, TPM, October 6, 2011

Confronting the Malefactors
by Paul Krugman, New York Times, October 6, 2011

How Killer Student Debt and Unemployment Made Young People the Leaders at Occupy Wall Street
by Mike Konczal, AlterNet, October 3, 2011

USW Supports the “Occupy Wall Street” Protest Movement
PRNewswire, September 30, 2011

TWU President John Samuelsen Explains Why His Union is Joining the Occupy Wall Street Protest
Countdown with Keith Olbermann, September 30, 2011

The Best Among Us
by Chris Hedges, TruthDig, September 29, 2011

AFL-CIO’s Trumka Hails “Occupy Wall Street,” as Key Unions Begin to Endorse Protests
by John Nichols, The Nation, September 30, 2011

Unions Head to Wall Street
Common Dreams, September 29, 2011

Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren lecturing at
the University of California at Berkeley in 2007

The Social Contract
by Paul Krugman, New York Times, September 22, 2011

The $4 Trillion Income Shift
by Jack Rasmus, September 18, 2011

#OccupyWallStreet: Searching for Hope in America
by Alison Kilkenny, The Nation, September 17, 2011

Middle Class Death Watch: As Poverty Spreads, 28% of Americans Who Were Part of the Middle Class Have Fallen Out of It
by David DeGraw, AmpedStatus Report, September 15, 2011

Obama Co-Opts the Labor Movement
by Shamus Cooke, Truthout, September 17, 2011

ILWU Rises to the Challenge
The Battle of Longview
by Mark Vorpahl, Counterpunch, September 15, 2011

Democrats See Perils on Path to Health Cuts
by Robert Pear, New York Times, September 13, 2011

Poverty Levels in 2010 Reach 52-Year Peak, U.S. Says
by Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, September 13, 2011

Here’s Why Longshore Workers Are so Angry
by David Groves, The Stand, September 9, 2011

Obama’s “Jobs Act” Proposal: Why Less Is More of the Same
by Jack Rasmus, It’s Our Economy, September 9, 2011

Wildcat Strike in Seattle after Longshoremen Storm Longview Port
KOMOnews.com, September 8, 2011

August Jobs—Worse Than Zero
by Jack Rasmus, Talking Union, September 7, 2011

Predicting Global Economic Volatility
by Jack Rasmus, September 6, 2011

No, Dean Baker, Double Dip Recession is Quite Likely
by Jack Rasmus, August 29, 2011

Emerging Labor Responses to the Economic Crisis
by Jack Rasmus, August 2011

Concessions Bargaining at the Crossroads: Givebacks in a Deepening Crisis
by Jack Rasmus,Against the Current, August 7, 2011

Corporate America Sends a Labor Day Message
by Walter Brasch, Political Context, September 4, 2011

Obama, Democrats Losing Labor Union Support
Huffington Post, September 4, 2011

Job Growth at Halt in U.S.; Worst Showing in 11 Months
by Shaila Dewan, New York Times, September 2, 2011

Corporate Elites Still Doing a Job on American Workers
by Jim Hightower, Truthout, August 31, 2011

Some U.S. Firms Paid More to CEOs than Taxes: Study
Reuters, August 31, 2011

A Tip for Joe the Machinist: Watch Your Back
by Sam Pizzigati, Other Words, August 29, 2011

The Case of the US Jobless Recovery: Assertive Management Meets the Double Hangover
by Robert J. Gordon, VoxEU.org, August 22, 2011

Examining a Labor Hero’s Death
by Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, August 26, 2011

Wanted: More Bite from Obama the Great Nibbler
by Dana Milbank, Washington Post, August 26, 2011

Dr. King Weeps From His Grave
by Cornel West, New York Times, August 25, 2011

Verizon Strike: A Teachable Moment?
by Steve Early, Open Media Boston, August 23, 2011

AFL-CIO Head: Labor to Ditch Democrats
by Byron Tau, Politico, August 25, 2011

Obama Goes All Out for Dirty Banker Deal
by Matt Taibbi, Commondreams.org, August 25, 2011

New York Removed from Leadership Role in Bank Foreclosure Settlement Talks
by David McLaughlin, Bloomberg, August 24, 2011

CWA, IBEW Reach Agreement on Bargaining with Verizon; Members to Return to Work Tuesday, August 23
Statement of the Communications Workers of America, August 20, 2011

Verizon Workers End Strike, Though Without New Contract
by Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, August 20, 2011

Can We Have Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate? Yes, It's Called “Medicare for All”
by John Nichols, The Nation, August 13, 2011

Scores of Verizon Workers Protest Outside CEO’s Mendham Home
Morristown Daily Record, August 19, 2011

A Hidden Anti-Corporate Rebellion is Brewing Across the Nation
Alternet, August 15, 2011

Eight Union Victories Progressives Should Be Watching — and Learning From
by Eric Loomis, Alternet, August 12, 2011

Barack’s Satan Sandwich Only The First Course: Will We Re-Hire the Chef in 2012 Anyway?
by Bruce A. Dixon, Managing Editor, Black Agenda Report, August 10, 2011

Is London a Harbinger for America?
When is a Riot a Revolt?
by Carl Finamore,Counterpunch, August 10, 2011

Report: GOP Retains Wisconsin Senate Control in Recall Battle
by the CNN Wire Staff, August 10, 2011

The Economic Illiterates Step Up the Attack on Social Security and Medicare
by Dean Baker, michaelmoore.com, August 9, 2011

45,000 Verizon Workers on Strike
by Tula Connell, AFL-CIO Now Blog, August 7, 2011

Off the Charts
As Corporate Profits Rise, Workers’ Income Declines
by Floyd Norris, New York Times, August 5, 2011

30 Years Ago Today: The Day the Middle Class Died
by Michael Moore, August 5, 2011

The Debt Ceiling Debate That Didn’t Happen
War and Debt
by Michael Hudson, Counterpunch, August 3, 2011

Retreat, Surrender, Can He at Least Plead?
by Ralph Nader, CommonDreams.org, August 2, 2011

It’s Time to Question Labor’s Ties to Democrats
by Gregory Floyd, President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 237
Huffington Post, July 30, 2011

Progressives Complain Obama's Debt Deal “Trades People’s Livelihoods for the Votes of a Few Unappeasable Right-Wing Radicals”
by John Nichols, CommonDreams.org, August 1, 2011

6-Year Congressman John Conyers Calls for Protest Against the Debt Deal:
“Thousands of People [Should Mass] In Front Of The White House To Protest This”
Washington Blog, August 1, 2011

The $1 Trillion Debt Ceiling Deal of July 31
by Jack Rasmus, July 31, 2011

Deficit Debates vs. Jobs Report-Left Hook and Right Cross to the US Economy
by Jack Rasmus, July 27, 2011

The Myth of Obama’s “Blunders” and “Weakness”
by Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com, August 1, 2011

The President Surrenders
by Paul Krugman, New York Times, July 31, 2011

Budgetary Deceit and America’s Decline
by Jeffrey Sachs, Huffington Post, July 23, 2011

Video: “We've Had It” Rep. John Conyers Calls for Protest on Obama on Jobs

Washington Lunacy
by Robert Weissman, Public Citizen, July 29, 2011

The Centrist Cop-Out
by Paul Krugman, New York Times, July 28, 2011

Obama’s Bad Bargain
by William Greider, The Nation, scheduled for publication August 15–22, 2011

How to Save the US Labor Movement
by Shamus Cooke, Truthout | Op-Ed, July 28, 2011

Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks and Hispanics: Twenty-to-One
by Rakesh Kochhar, Richard Fry and Paul Taylor, Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends, July 26, 2011

Responding to President Obama on the Art of Compromise
by Miles Mogulescu, Huffington Post, July 25, 2011

Blaming the Tea Party: How Pundits and Politicians Miss the Real Source of Madness in Washington
by Paul Street and Anthony DiMaggio, July 24, 2011

Double Dip Recession on the Horizon
by Jack Rasmus, July 24, 2011

What Were They Thinking?
by Elizabeth Drew, New York Review of Books, for publication August 18, 2011

The Lesser Depression
by Paul Krugman, New York Times, July 21, 2011

Gang of Six Plan Would Raise Taxes on Low-Income Workers
by Daniel Marans, Campaign for America’s Future, July 20, 2011

On Working Class Invisibility
by Paul Street, July 20, 2011

What Do Obama, the “Gang of Six,” and House Radical, Paul Ryan, All Have in Common?
by Jack Rasmus, July 19, 2011

Striking Longshoremen Block Mile Long Train, Protesting Scab Labor
from Longshore & Shipping News, July 19, 2011

New Rules Would Bring Union Elections into 21st Century
by Mike Hall, AFL-CIO Now Blog, July 18, 2011

Reading the Debt Ceiling Debate Tealeaves REVISITED
by Jack Rasmus, July 17, 2011

The Housing Horror Show Is Worse Than You Think
by Roben Farzad, BusinessWeek, July 7, 2011

Union Yields on Benefits in Deal With Cuomo
by Thomas Kaplan, New York Times, July 16, 2011

Reading the Debt Ceiling Debate Tealeaves to Predict the Future
by Jack Rasmus, July 12, 2011

Trumka: Social Security Cuts Should Not Be on the Table
by Tula Connell, AFL-CIO Now Blog, July 7, 2011

No, We Can’t? Or Won’t?
by Paul Krugman, New York Times, July 10, 2011

Somehow, the Unemployed Became Invisible
by Catherine Rampell, New York Times, July 9, 2011

The Predicted Job Collapse Is Now in Progress
by Jack Rasmus, July 8, 2011

Class Rule: The Depth and Roots of the Current Crisis
by Paul Street, July 8, 2011

Job Growth Falters Badly, Clouding Hope for Recovery
by Christine Hauser, New York Times, July 8, 2011

Jobless “99ers” Have Fallen Through the Safety Net
by Alexandra Alper, MSNBC, July 7, 2011

The Economic Recovery Turns Two—Feel Better?
by Paul Wiseman, Associated Press, on MSNBC, July 4, 2011

Paul Krugman at the Economic Rubicon
by Jack Rasmus, July 4, 2011

The “R.A.T.S.” Tax Program
by Jack Rasmus

Report on the Portland United Labor Strategy Meeting
by Shamus Cooke

Connecticut Budget Is Upended as State Workers Reject Deal
by Peter Applebome, New York Times, June 24, 2011

Greece Begins 48-Hour General Strike
by Barry Neild, the Guardian, June 28, 2011

What’s Your Retirement Plan? Social Security Benefits Should Expand—And Here's How to Do It
by Thomas Geoghegan, AlterNet, June 21, 2011

U.S. Nurses Join International Push for Financial Transaction Tax
by Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes, June 22, 2011

Article on Home Foreclosures:
Bringing Up the REAR — Jamie Dimon, Chairman & CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mandelman Matters, June 22, 2011

5 WikiLeaks Revelations Exposing the Rapidly Growing Corporatism Dominating American Diplomacy Abroad
by Rania Khalek, alternet.org, June 21, 2011

Warning on Bank Rules Reform
The Financial Times, June 22, 2011

The Attack on Social Security Is About to Intensify
by Jack Rasmus

Greek Protesters Are Better Economists Than the European Authorities
by Mark Weisbrot, The Center for Economic and Policy Research, truth-out.org, June 17, 2011

Backlog of Cases Gives a Reprieve on Foreclosures
by David Streitfeld, New York Times, June 19, 2011

Labor-Funded Progressive Leaders Cross Huffington Post Picket Line
by Mike Elk
Originally published by In These Times, June 14, 2011, re-published by CommonDreams.org

The Rich Are Destroying the Economy
by Shamus Cooke, CommonDreams.org, June 12, 2011

Kansas City Labor Week in Review
by Bill Onasch, June 18, 2011

Why the Republican War on Workers’ Rights Undermines the American Economy
by Robert Reich, June 14, 2011

Labor Groups File Suit to Block Parts of Collective Bargaining Law
by Sandy Cullen, Wisconsin State Journal, June 16, 2011

America is Being Raped…Just Like Greece and Other Countries
Washington’s Blog, June 16, 2011

Domestic Workers: “We Have Broken the Silence. We Have Yet to Break Our Chains”
AFL-CIO Now News Blog, June 14, 2011

As Protests Rage, Greece Prime Minister Offers to Quit
MSNBC.com News Services, June 15, 2011

Nurses Take on Wall Street
by Rose Ann DeMoro, AlterNet, June 14, 2011

Of Snake Oil, Puff Balls, and the Need for a Real Jobs Plan from the President
by Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog, June 13, 2011

Thousands of Macy's Employees Set to Strike at Midnight;
Company Trying to Pay Workers Less as it Makes Record Profits
by Lauren Kelley, AlterNet, June 14, 2011

AFL’s Trumka on Pols Selling Out Workers: “I’ve Had a Snootful of This S**t!”
by John Nichols, The Nation, June 8, 2011

Cuomo Urges Broad Limits to N.Y. Public Pensions
by Danny Hakim and Thomas Kaplan, New York Times, June 8, 2011

Presentation by NANCY WOHLFORTH to the ILC’s 18th International Conference in Defense of the Independence of the Trade Unions & ILO Conventions (Geneva, June 4–5, 2011)

Will Greece Let the EU Central Bankers Destroy Democracy
by Michael Hudson, Naked Capitalism, June 6, 2011

Obama and Corporate Responses to the May Jobs Report
by Jack Rasmus, ZSpace, June 6, 2011

Our Tahrir Square: DC's Freedom Plaza on October 6th
by David Swanson, warisacrime.org, June 6, 2011

Nurses Open Letter to Wisconsinites—Carry on!
Peaceful Protests are Important Tools to Protect Our Patients and Our Community
by Jean Ross, RN and Co-President for National Nurses United

Canada Post union says Ontario city next stop on rotating 24-hour strike action
by THE CANADIAN PRESS | UPDATED 11:47 a.m.
Fri, Jun 3, 2011—4:54 AM

The Hidden History of Mexico/US Labor Solidarity
by David Bacon, Institute for Transnational Social Change, Truthout, June 4, 2011

The Coming Double Dip Recession
by Jack Rasmus, The Indypendent, June 2, 2011

Democrats Join the Raid On Union Bargaining Rights
by Howard Ryan, Labor Notes, May 23, 2011

Frustrated with Democrats, Some Large Unions Cut Back on Donations,
by T.W. Farnam, Washington Post, May 21, 2011

Trumka: Working People Want a Strong, Independent Labor Movement
by James Parks, May 20, 2011, AFL-CIO NOW Blog

New Evidence on Public Pensions and States’ Budgets
by Jack Rasmus, May 19, 2011

Why March–April’s Job Gains Will Collapse This Summer
by Jack Rasmus, March 12, 2011

City Worker Bargaining Rights Under Siege in Silicon Valley
by David Bacon, Truthout, May 20, 2011

Labor vs. Boeing: Corporations Fear Law Itself
by Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future, Truthout, May 20, 2011

Strong Unions — The Worst Nightmare for the Financial Elite
by Michael Collins, The Economic Populist, May 16, 2011

Six State Battlegrounds in the Right-Wing War Against Teachers, Firefighters, Caregivers and the Entire Middle Class
by Jim Hightower, Alternet, May 12, 2011

Connecticut Unions Agree to $1.6 Billion in Givebacks, by Peter Applebome,
New York Times, May 13, 2011

Ohioans Protest Kasich Budget, Build Support for S.B. 5 Repeal, by Mike Hall, May 6, 2011

Three Great Labor Victories, by Jerry Gordon, April 2011

Jobs, Offshoring, and the U.S. Budget Deficit, by Jack Rasmus. April 20, 2011

Undocumented Immigrants Paid $11.2B in Taxes Last Year, GE, Paid Zero,
by Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News, April 20, 2011

Article by Andew Zucker and Anna Rumer, April 2011

Why Obama’s New “Jobs Program” Will Fail vs. A 21st Century “New Deal” Jobs,
by Jack Rasmus, Feb. 02, 2011

Obama’s State of the Union: No Jobs but More Business Tax Cuts, by Jack Rasmus,
Published on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 by CommonDreams.org

The Truth behind the December Jobless Numbers, by Jack Rasmus, Jan. 11, 2011, Published in In These Times.