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Good-bye Howard Zinn, the People's Historian by Tracy Kurowski ”The words 'class consciousness' doesn’t come easily to American tongues. We’re not supposed to have classes in this country. We’re supposed to be one big happy family.”  –  Howard Zinn   ~ … Continue reading →

Labor Update:  Reflections on Health Care Reform and the Employee Free Choice Act by Tracy Kurowski Had the Democrats not lost the Senate race in Massachusetts, today we’d be winding down negotiations on final passage of health care reform and … Continue reading →

Martin Luther King's Dream and Labor Movement Intertwined by Tracy Kurowski When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was slain on April 4, 1968, he was in Memphis, Tennessee supporting striking sanitation workers who had been in a long and violent … Continue reading →

Senate Cloture Rule Used by GOP to Union-Bust by Tracy Kurowski The Senate is where good bills go to die. This isn’t because of one or two bad senators. It is systemic.The Senate’s arcane and obstructionist cloture rule requires a … Continue reading →

Unemployment Claims Still On The Rise In Iowa by Tracy Kurowski Data can be funny. Especially when politicians get their hands on it. Or media outlets with an agenda – which would be all media, including this one. The past … Continue reading →

Obama Administration Looking Out for Labor in 2010 On December 7, 2009, the Department of Labor released its annual Statement of Regulatory and Deregulatory Priorities. Don’t feel left out if you didn’t read about this in your newspaper or see … Continue reading →