LaborTalk Columns
Go to “The World of Labor” Columns
LaborTalk: Why the AFL-CIO and Solidarity Center Won’t Ever Mention ‘The World of Labor’ - February 9, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: Let’s Prevent a Repeat of 1994 Election When Republicans Recaptured Congress - February 4, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: How Did We Allow 800,000 Members To End Ties with the AFL-CIO in 2008? - February 2, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: Obama Reaffirms Jobs as No. 1 Priority; Needs Labor’s Support to Win Congress- January 28, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: Union Membership in the Private Sector Shrunk by 800,000 in 2008, BLS Reports- January 26, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: Let’s Accept the Republican Threat To Filibuster the Health-Care Bill- January 21, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: Machinists Help Millions of Jobless To Form a Union of the Unemployed - January 19, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: Is It Humane—Or Even Smart—to Freeze 12 Million People from Health Insurance? - January 14, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: American Workers Are Taking a Beating, So Why Don’t They Start Fighting Back?- January 12, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: An Astounding Intelligence Report From Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler - January 7, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: New 150,000-Strong Nurses Union Emerges As Leading Fighter for RNs and Health Care - January 5, 2010 Read Column
LaborTalk: After Two Decades That Show No Progress, Can the AFL-CIO Grow Without Changes? - December 31, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Why Won’t Trumka Mobilize Union Membership To Make Health Care Bill Fair to Working People? - December 29, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: How Much Clout Does Organized Labor Possess While Dems Control Congress and White House? - December 24, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Employers Are Sticking to Hiring Only ‘Temps’; New Problems for Jobless Workers and Unions - December 22, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Trumka Scores High in Responses to Call-Ins From Members, but Ignores ‘How to’ Problems - December 17, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Change to Win Joins the Parade to Offer Proposals to Create Millions of New Jobs - December 15, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Organized Labor Adopts Amnesia Policy Toward Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - December 10, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: AFL-CIO’s 5-Point Jobs Plan Offers No Muscle To Pressure Congress for Funds or Structure - December 8, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Without ‘Card Check.’ What Is EFCA Worth? What Kind of Substitute Will Labor Accept? - December 3, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Why Do AFL-CIO Leaders Maintain A Strict Disconnect with Members? - December 1, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Why Does the AFL-CIO Refuse to Mention The Subject of Abortion to Its Members? - November 24, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: AFL-CIO and Allies Have List of Quick Actions For White House ‘Jobs Summit’ on Dec. 3 - November 19, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: AFL-CIO’s New Secretary-Treasurer Earns $238,976, But Refuses to Discuss Her Job - November 17, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Who Says the Economic Recession Is Over, When 15.7 million Workers Can’t Find a Job? - November 12, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Poor Nations Offer Paid Sick Leave; Why Can’t U.S. Workers Receive It? - November 10, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Both Parties Exclude Illegal Immigrants From Benefits of Health Insurance Bill - November 5, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Steelworkers Create a Working Agreement With World’s Largest Worker-Owned Co-Op - November 3, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: A ‘Showdown in Chicago’ Rally Against Bankers Attracts 5,000 Enraged People Who Want Reforms - October 29, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: AFL-CIO’s Dull, Narrowly-Based Culture Has No Appeal to Young Working People - October 27, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: States with the Highest Unemployment Received Fewest Number of Jobs from Stimulus Contracts - October 22, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Government Threatens Employers with Fines Unless They Fire All Undocumented Workers- October 13, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Let’s Tell President Obama to Declare An Immediate Moratorium on Layoffs - October 8, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: While CEOs Continue to Grab Their Millions, Why Can’t Workers Get a Share of the Profits? - October 6, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Changing the Relationship in the Workplace So Workers Deserve More, and Bosses, Less - October 1, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: With 14.5 Million Unemployed, How Many Jobs Can Labor Create? And How Will We Do It? - September 29, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: Change-to-Win Is a Failure After 4 Years; UNITE-HERE Split Adds New Questions - February 26, 2009 Read Column
LaborTalk: My Response to a Personal Attack By the Head of the Georgia AFL-CIO- February 17, 2009 Read Column