Tag: opinion
YOUR LETTERS: PRO Act would finally crack down on the illegal...
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s feeble attempt before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) to deny the atrocious union-busting the...
OPINION: Why the repeal of phony ‘RTW’ in Michigan boosts workers...
By TOM CONWAY
President
United Steelworkers
The United Steelworkers (USW) mounted tireless battles for fair trade and other lifelines that helped to keep McLouth Steel open during...
OPINION: Where is Woody Guthrie when you need him?
By WILLIAM ENYART
Returning veterans were easy to spot on college campuses in the early ‘70s. Shoulder-length hair, beards, OD green field jackets with no...
OPINION: Guaranteeing teachers a $60,000 minimum salary
By SAHID FAWAZ
Labor 411
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate March 15 to raise teachers’ pay to a minimum of $60,000...
OPINION: How leaders in the Department of Labor are fighting for...
By TOM CONWAY
President
United Steelworkers
Hundreds of Boston school bus drivers stood to lose their jobs when COVID-19 closed the city’s schools in 2020.
But instead of...
OPINION: How House Republicans plan to crush your 401(k)
By JASON SATTLER
The most powerful Republican wants to put millions out of work. That’s what Senator Elizabeth Warren got Jerome Powell to admit on...
OPINION: Tipping is not a reward – it’s an insult
By SONALI KOLHATKAR
One of the things that new visitors to the United States learn – but often don’t understand – is that they are...
OPINION: ‘A fraud and a coward:’ Hawley demolished in brutal Senate...
By BRANDON GAGE
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce released a brutal campaign ad against incumbent Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (last week) to remind voters...
OPINION: A win for all consumers
By ELIZABETH WARREN
U.S. Senator
(D) Massachusetts
We got some very welcome news last week: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is getting Wells Fargo to pay billions...
YOUR LETTERS: To the union families of St. Louis
Dr. Jenny Page and I and our sons hope you all had a festive and restful holiday break — though we know that many...