by Toneshia Harris | May 4, 2009 | Local News
Universal health care and the reform of outdated labor laws are shaping up to be the two great policy battles of the year, if not the century. Business interests are dusting off decades of campaign rhetoric warning about the doomsday scenarios if Congress enacts... by Toneshia Harris | May 4, 2009 | Local News
Happy Birthday to Pete Seeger, the legendary folk singer, union activist, environmental champion and jolly hell-raiser who turns 90 years old today. If you get a chance, take a few minutes and hum or sing a few lines from “This Land Is Your Land,”... by Toneshia Harris | May 3, 2009 | Local News
May Day, International Workers’ Day, is the day we remember the historic struggle of working people. May Day dates back to the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago 1886 where 250,000 workers gathered in a fierce fight to have eight hours the legal day’s work due... by Toneshia Harris | May 3, 2009 | Local News
It’s worth repeating—again and again: What a difference an election makes, especially an election in which working family voters pool their strength and efforts to put an end to the most anti-worker, corporate-beholden administration in modern times and elect... by Toneshia Harris | May 3, 2009 | Local News
State legislators know that state and local governments are in the worst financial crisis in decades, caused by two opposing forces. The severe recession has gutted government revenues, while public employee health care costs escalated at four times the rate of...