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Republicans help only rich: unions
Mar 25, 2011

Embattled U.S. union leaders met here Thursday and cast themselves as the defenders of the middle class, vowing to fight Republican attacks on teachers and government workers. “There’s a new […]

Unions mobilize against Mexican Labour Law reforms
Mar 25, 2011

The IMF joins the independent labour movement of Mexico in urging unions and their members to call on government leaders and Mexican Ambassadors to stop these reforms NOW! MEXICO/GLOBAL: The […]

On Strike? Republicans Don’t Want Your Family to Eat
Mar 24, 2011

How low can Republicans go in their attacks on working families and their unions? Think Progress reports today that “a group of House Republicans is launching a new stealth attack […]

Billionaire Tea Party financiers to lobby Alberta government: Koch Industries owned by billionaire brothers who fund Tea Party, climate change denial
Mar 24, 2011

Edmonton – An American energy conglomerate owned by two powerful billionaire brothers who help fund the Tea Party and climate change denial movements in the U.S. has registered to lobby […]

Class war not welcome
Mar 24, 2011

If Marcel Latouche had his way, politicians in Canada would follow the lead of their American counterparts and declare war on public service employees (“Rethinking unions”, March 19). Latouche suggests […]

California Town Slashes Public Services, Destroys Jobs
Mar 24, 2011

In another massive slashing of services and destruction of public service jobs, the California town of Costa Mesa is laying off nearly half its public workforce and outsourcing some key […]