Unions have the resources to deploy to new organizing and growth, writes Chris Bohner. But they are pursuing a defensive financial strategy instead.
US Labor’s Fortress of Finance
Tag: AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO’s Lust for Oil Pipeline Jobs
Despite the existential risk from global warming, short-term self-interest often wins out, whether opposition to the cost of building mass transit or readiness to put oil-industry jobs over the danger from fossil fuels, as Norman Solomon explains.
A Desperate Fight for the Middle Class
Between a Congress dominated by Tea Party extremists and a Supreme Court controlled by corporate partisans, hopes for addressing America’s worsening income inequality are dim. But union leader Richard Trumka says the fight is more crucial than ever, writes Michael Winship.