by Toneshia Harris | Jan 7, 2009 | National News
To build shared prosperity, we need to adopt a broad economic strategy that reflects the increasingly global nature of the American economy. Fundamentally, that strategy must empower working families, so that they share in the prosperity and productivity they produce.... by Toneshia Harris | Jan 6, 2009 | National News
We just heard that the House is set to vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act this week, and the Senate could vote as early as next week! Turns out that while the economic security package is tied up in negotiations, there is a rare... by Toneshia Harris | Jan 6, 2009 | National News
Only nine days after ending the occupation of their former workplace — and winning a worldwide outpouring of support for their courage — members of UE Local 1110 gathered at Chicago’s UE Hall on the afternoon of December 19 to receive the money they had fought... by Toneshia Harris | Jan 5, 2009 | National News
This week in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Joe Diecedue, a state agent for American Income Life Insurance, has written a great piece that explains what the Employee Free Choice Act is and why we need this vital legislation. Written from the perspective of a... by Toneshia Harris | Jan 4, 2009 | National News
Unions are looking to Barack Obama and rising economic anxiety to reverse organized labor’s long slide. Through three decades of decline, union leaders have been predicting a renaissance that has not come. But labor invested more than $300 million to help elect... by Toneshia Harris | Dec 29, 2008 | National News
When America’s founders crafted the Constitution, they knew more was needed to ensure the survival of democracy. So they created the Bill of Rights. They made sure that at the top of the list, the First Amendment included such rights as the freedom to assembly....