The $8,812 Missing from Your Wallet
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)Profits for Fortune 500 companies rose 29 percent in 2006 to $785 billion, the highest in half a...
View ArticleThe Question Isn't Why We Went to China - It's Why Wouldn't We?
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)There’s no question as to why the modern labor movement would need to pay attention to China....
View Article(Union) Made in China: The Tag Corporate America Doesn't Want You to See
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)Multinational corporations have been roaming the globe in a race to the bottom, competing solely...
View ArticleRally for the American Dream in DC or Online On Tuesday
One of the cornerstones of the American Dream is the right for working people to join together in unions and work together to better their lives.Unfortunately, corporate interests have spent decades...
View ArticleToday's the Day: Stand Up For the American Dream!
Just wanted to remind everybody that today's the big day: at 2PM Eastern time, working people from across America will be rallying in DC to support the Employee Free Choice Act.If you're in the DC area...
View ArticleThe Private Equity Tax Rip-Off
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)Where could the U.S. government come up with the money to lift up those Americans hurt most by...
View ArticleAsk No Questions And Hear No Lies: CEO Pay in Plain English
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)American Eagle Outfitters paid its CEO a whopping $15.3 million in 2006, according to a May 1st...
View Article"Sicko" Shows America's Shame
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)We live in a country where a rich man's dog receives better medical care than millions of our...
View Article"Pretend" Benefits
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)Michael Moore's movie "Sicko" made the point that it was not focusing on the uninsured, but on...
View ArticleWinners and Losers in the Mortgage Meltdown
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)The chickens have come home to roost on the speculative Bush economy - an economy built on...
View ArticleAmerica is at the Tipping Point
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)When Change to Win’s first American Dream survey was released in September 2006 and showed that...
View ArticleNew Report: Health Care Crisis Hurts Non-Union Workers More
(Crossposted to the CtW Connect blog)Here's a statement that you will probably consider uncontroversial:"The less that people have to pay out of their own pockets to have health coverage, the more...
View ArticleIs Bush's American Dream Yours? Labor Wants to Know
Ever since Change to Win began, we've been paying attention to something we think is a key indicator of working people's fortunes: how they feel about the American Dream.The American Dream means...
View ArticleUPDATED: Bush Board Launches Massive New Assault on Workers
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)With its term coming to an end, the Bush Administration's craven fealty to the most extreme...
View ArticleThe "Spiritual Leader" of Social Security Has Died
(Crossposted at the CtW Connect blog)You have probably never heard of Robert M. Ball. That's OK, most Americans haven't.And yet Ball, who died Tuesday night at the age of 93, was a key figure in...
View ArticleUPDATED: Change to Win Endorses Senator Barack Obama for President
The Change to Win partnership of labor unions has endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States.Full details (including remarks by Change to Win Chair Anna Burger) and continuing...
View ArticleWar Is Economic Policy
(Written by Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win, and crossposted on the CtW Connect blog)One of the great myths of this election is that there is a distinction between national security...
View ArticleChange to Win: "Mark Penn Has to Go"
(Crossposted at the CtW Connect blog)Today's Wall Street Journal reveals that Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist, Mark Penn, met with Colombian officials in support of a "free" trade agreement...
View ArticleChange to Win: Mark Penn STILL Has to Go
(Crossposted at the CtW Connect blog)Since Change to Win was vocal last week in calling on Hillary Clinton to fire Mark Penn after it was revealed that he'd been working behind her back to support the...
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Mark Penn Thinks You Are Really Dumb
(Crossposted to the CtW Connect blog)... dumb enough to believe that he has been fired from Hillary Clinton's campaign staff, when in fact he has just had his job title changed.I posted about this...
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