New Chance for a Dem House Seat: NY-27
Republican Rep. Jack Quinn (NY-27 [upstate, Buffalo]) announced a few weeks ago that he's giving up his seat to spend more time with his family. Quinn was elected to this seat in '94, succeeding...
View ArticleKerry Ads in Virginia
This is quite interesting and unexpected -- what a great way to make Bush waste some more money in red country.
View ArticleNLRB Decision Could Roll Back Years of Workers' Rights Protections
The Nation's Blog hits on the recent trends of workers' rights in America being rolled back, especially since the Bush Administration came to power. Now, three of Bush's appointees -- a majority of...
View ArticleAP Headline Wrong about Kerry and the Draft
AP Headline: Kerry: Draft Likely to Return Under Bush The actual quote in the AP article?Answering a question about the draft that had been posed at a forum with voters, Kerry said: "If George Bush...
View ArticleWill Nuclear Option Resurface on an SC nomination?
Don't have a source on this since it just occured to me as I was reading through some articles on the Nuclear Option. Frist and Reid can strike an agreement on 5 judicial nominees; Rove and Dobson get...
View ArticleFemale Awarded Silver Star -- Time to Change Combat Rules
This just strikes me as silly that the Pentagon and Congress refuse to lift formal restrictions on women serving in combat, and yet women are forced every day to risk their lives in face-to-face combat...
View ArticleSinn Fein Leader Held at DCA -- on Terror Watch List
First Ted Kennedy, then a 1-year old baby: our super-effective Terror Watch List hasn't exactly been great at snagging terrorists. But it's hit a new low: last night, the leader of Ireland's Sinn...
View ArticleABC Leaked Dem Agenda; No Iraq, Missing "6th Plank"
ABC News' Political Unit somehow dug up Rahm Emmanuel's hopefully-rough copy of the 2006 Legislative Agenda, modeled after the Contract With America, that the Dems promise to enact in their first week...
View ArticleDobson: Gay Marriage like the Slave Trade
For whatever reason, CNN.com is giving front-page promotion to James Dobson's gay-hating commentary. That's a separate issue, I guess, about his legitimacy and CNN's desire to promote it. Anyway, he...
View ArticleI saw "The War Tapes" this weekend.
You are immediately swept up in the chaos. Smoke is in the air, the camera shakes uncontrollably, aimed at nothing as it was displaced from the rat-a-tat-tat of the huge machine gun mounted on the...
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CT-Sen: Lieberman Denies "The Kiss" Ever Happened
The UK Independent piles on the CT-Sen media coverage, examining the quintessential depiction of what's wrong with Lieberman in the Senate: The Kiss. Only they have the best analogy I've seen so far:...
View ArticleYK07: LiveBlogging Edwards' Session
Cross-posted on MichaelWhitney.netI am in room 404, surrounded by fervent Edwards supporters waiting for their candidate to come in. There's a small stage in the back of the room with three rows of...
View ArticleMine owner's sketchy ties to Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao
The collapse of the Genwal mine in Utah was an easily prevented tragedy. From the first hours after yesterday's cave-in, Robert Murray, the owner of the mine, has been out in front, speaking to the...
View ArticleLabor Day List: Partnerships that Work
Across the country, small towns, gated communities, sprawling suburbs, and inner cities are feeling the consequences of unsustainable business practices. Soaring rates of foreclosures, plant closings,...
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What's wrong with Elaine Chao?
Short answer: lots.Elaine Chao is the Secretary of Labor, George W. Bush's longest-serving cabinet member, and wife of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.Under Elaine’s 'leadership,' the...
View ArticleLabor @ Netroots Nation - A Continuing Discussion
The Internets are all a-hoppin' this morning about labor's relationship with the netroots. Nathan Newman has a couple of posts on the subject in the TPM Cafe; yesterday he asked, "Do Blogs Take Labor...
View ArticleTime for the FEC to Investigate Wal-Mart's Electioneering
When the news broke earlier this month that Wal-Mart started organizing its store supervisors against Barack Obama and other pro-worker candidates who support the Employee Free Choice Act, there was...
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Big New Ad Campaign Launches at DNCC
Yesterday marked the start of the Democratic National Convention, but our campaign for the Employee Free Choice Act kicked into high gear over the weekend with the rollout ads to broaden support for...
View ArticleBlog to Take Back Labor Day - this Monday!
At the Labor Caucus at this year's Netroots Nation, several dozen of us talked about how we can connect unions and the labor movement back to the rest of the progressive movement. There were a lot of...
View Article$5M in New Ads for the Employee Free Choice Act
Today is Labor Day -- a day to celebrate America's workers. Though our country has celebrated Labor Day for more than a century as an official national holiday, a day to honor those who work to build...
View ArticleMcCain’s New Stump Speech Stands Up for CEO Contributors over the...
Over the weekend, John McCain debuted a new stump speech, filling his usual message to the party faithful with plenty of red meat for conservative activists. Introduced as a "feisty ... comeback"...
View ArticleMedia Twice Mistaken on Middle Class Measure
Twice this week two major media outlets proved themselves mistaken on the Employee Free Choice Act - let's take a look at CNN and USA Today's misrepresentations of this important bill. For those not...
View ArticleKeith Ellison Fights Back in New Ad!
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) unveiled a hard-hitting new radio ad yesterday in response to CEO-funded attacks on the middle class. Ellison's radio ad stands up for the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill...
View ArticleTweety Set Straight by Howard Dean on Unions
If you watched Hardball yesterday, you might've caught this exchange between Chris Matthews and Howard Dean in discussing the priorities of President-elect Obama's administration.Tweety asked Dean...
View ArticleHelp Obama Keep His Promise for Employee Free Choice
SEIU President Andy Stern sent this message to SEIU activists and members this morning. Watch this video and join our campaign for Employee Free Choice.America spoke on Tuesday: we elected a President...
View ArticleHome Depot Founder to CEOs: You "Should Be Shot"
(Also posted at SEIU.org)In the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill in Congress that would give workers the free choice to form unions, we've seen some crazy hyperbole from greedy CEOs and...
View ArticleWal-Mart Gets a Makeover So It Can Fight Economic Recovery
'Twas the night before Christmas when Wal-Mart told the world it decided to settle 63 lawsuits to the tune of as much as $640 million; most of those lawsuits alleged that Wal-Mart "underpaid its...
View ArticleStop the Obstruction: Time to Confirm Hilda Solis
Last month President Obama nominated Congresswoman Hilda Solis to be our next Secretary of Labor, but conservative Republicans are blocking her confirmation simply because she supports working...
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Burger King Backs off Opposition to Employee Free Choice Act
Under pressure from SEIU activists this week, Burger King scrambled to respond to allegations that it lobbied against the Employee Free Choice Act while paying its workers poverty wages. In a...
View ArticleVictory! Burger King backs off opposition to Employee Free Choice Act
Under pressure from SEIU activists and allies like Brave New Films and Jobs with Justice, Burger King scrambled to respond to allegations that it lobbied against the Employee Free Choice Act while...
View ArticleBank of America: When $45 billion is really $199.2 billion
If you've been following the news, you know by now that Bank of America is in debt to the American taxpayer in the amount of $45 billion - the amount of TARP funds (aka "bailout money") that they...
View ArticleBank of America on the edge. What you can do.
This morning the Wall Street Journal reports on the first look at those financial stress tests. The results? Bank of America has a "shortfall [that] amounts to billions of dollars."Bank of America is...
View ArticleFunny new video: "The Epic Battle" for Employee Free Choice
Corporate lobbyists and executives are gearing up for their next round of attacks on the Employee Free Choice Act. But the next battle is bound to show them for who they are: greedy people who will do...
View ArticleTargeting Democrats on Employee Free Choice
Sam Stein has the goods on SEIU's new online campaign targeting Senators Lincoln, Pryor, Specter, and Webb:The Service Employees International Union is, according to an aide, putting "well more than...
View ArticleCNBC Fail: Anchors compare Iran elections to Employee Free Choice Act
CNBC isn't exactly a shining example of responsible journalism. The financial news network has been ridiculed for enabling the financial crisis with flawed reporting and fawning coverage of failed...
View ArticleMainers are Begging for Change - Healthcare Change (w/ Music Video!)
Here in Maine, we want to remind our Senators of the human cost of our health care system. According to the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, employers’ health care costs will increase by 9...
View ArticleSupporting majority signup in the Employee Free Choice Act
The New York Timesreported on Friday that the Senate is considering dropping majority signup from the Employee Free Choice Act.Majority signup is based on a simple idea: if a majority of workers say...
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