Twinkies and Ding-Dongs will find backers, while 18,000+ workers are getting only blame. Read More

Conservative restauranteurs are discovering that retaliation against the Affordable Care Act is bad for business. Read More

Adios Arpaio—a project of the hospitality workers union Unite Here, and the community organizing group Promise Arizona—spent 2012 building a power base that they hope can permanently change the face of Arizona politics. Read More

Who is Paul Ryan going to fight for, the rich or the middle class? Read More

Democrats are refusing to budge on letting the Bush tax cuts expire, even if that means letting all the tax rates expire. And now big labor is on… Read More

Unions aren't just for white men in hard hats. A new organizing fight in a traditionally non-union industry shows how organized labor is keeping up with the new economy. Read More

A leaked document from within the company reveals a top-down policy of low, incrementally increasing wages. Read More

Retail companies don't have to choose between high wages and high profits, argues a new report from the researchers at Demos. A wage increase would be a boon to the economy, retail companies, and the consumers, as well as workers. Read More

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David Petraeus answers to Congress and the negotiations begin over the fiscal cliff.

A week after stepping down from the CIA, General Petraeus testifies on… Read More

Walmart alleges that demonstrations by its employees and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union have violated the National Labor Relations Act. Read More

They failed to beat him at the ballot box. They petitioned for secession. And now, they’re condemning him to eternal punishment. Read More

Raising costs and cutting hours has little to do with partisan politics: it's class warfare, being waged under the cover of political headlines. Read More

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Mitt Romney's comments about “gifts” turns into a big gift for Democrats and a new reason for Republicans to run away from their former nominee as fast as they can. Read More

Employees at Walmart stores and warehouses have protested for months citing low wages and poor working, but Black Friday might feature their most dramatic demonstrations yet. Read More

Being wealthy doesn't mean being disconnected. By the way, the "I Believe" statement at the end of this blog is probably worth your time. Read More

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At his first press conference since he was re-elected, the president draws a line in the sand for the middle class. It’s going to another blockbuster "The Ed Show" at 8pET on MSNBC! Read More

What really threatens economic recovery, says Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, is an austerity bomb. And the question is, how big will the blast radius be? Read More