Matthew McDermott February 21, 2013 7:32 am

This month’s edition of The Nation includes a series of essays from some of labor’s most dedicated thinkers on just how collectivism can push forward against what has proved to … Read More

Matthew McDermott February 14, 2013 7:37 am

Tonight, let’s declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $9.00 an … Read More

Sierra Feldner-Shaw February 12, 2013 9:32 am

By: Mike Hall

In just a few weeks, the nation will be facing yet another manufactured fiscal crisis when a series of harsh across-the-board federal spending cuts in education, defense … Read More

Matthew McDermott January 31, 2013 7:28 am

Labor’s changing view on immigration was on full display as President Obama and a bipartisan Senate Committee vowed to fast-track immigration reform earlier this week. Obama spoke in Las Vegas … Read More

Matthew McDermott January 30, 2013 10:30 am

Finally, some good news on right-to-work. In a vote that fell strictly along party lines, a measure to enshrine Virginia’s right-to-work laws in the state constitution died Monday in the … Read More

Matthew McDermott January 29, 2013 10:30 am

In response to a spate of painful lockouts inflicted by Minnesota employers, the state House’s Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee held a hearing last Wednesday to examine the impact of these … Read More

Matthew McDermott January 25, 2013 7:41 am

New York City’s unemployment rate is one full percentage point ahead of the nation’s at 8.8 percent, and over half of the city’s unemployed have been looking for a job … Read More