Today The Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in Congress and, as David Sirota notes, some Senators who had voted for cloture in 2007 on the very same bill are getting cold feet now, complaining that EFCA is "divisive and distracting."   Expect this "divisive" talking point to be the meme d...

The Employee Free Choice Act is set to be introduced in both chambers today, which will kick off a public relations battle over passage in which corporate special interest groups plan on spending some $200 million to defeat it. Already, the framing wars are underway, with corporate opponents referri...

Credit where credit is due: when it comes to promoting the Republican agenda, there is no one better than Fox News. And with the White House announcement that Vice President Biden would address the AFL-CIO Executive Council in Miami Beach, the Fox team was armed for a double-barrel attack against tw...

Editor’s Note by Erick: W. Thomas Musser is chairman of The Tri-M Group, LLC – an electrical solutions company in business 45 years – located in Kennett Square, PA. He knows first hand the dangers of card check. This week, a number of economists will come together to tell Americans about t...

...and replace the Board of Directors: Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community's top legislative priority. Participants on the...

Your TARP money at work: Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community's top legislative priority. Participants on the October 17 ca...

Yesterday American Rights at Work issued a new "research report" arguing that the economy needs the Employee Free Choice Act now more than ever. This report is basically a repeat of all the usual suspects who make the same basic arguments in favor of EFCA: Unions increase wages and benefits of their...

Mitch McConnel warns that passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, permitting workers to form unions through a majority sign-up process rather than an election rigged by employers, would “Europeanize America” My colleague Pat Garofalo correctly observes that it’s hardly just Europe...

By Liz Leicht, ILRF intern Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America details the story of Barbara Ehrenreich (Author), trying to support herself in a white collar job. She finds positions in different cities around the country waitressing, cleaning, in retail etc. One job she holds is at WalM...