Economic Terrorism

By: Tula Connell Thursday March 26, 2009 1:30 pm

Corporate opponents of workers’ freedom to form unions repeatedly have shown they are not interested in the welfare of their employees or any of the pseudo-lofty ideals they cite while fighting the Employee Free Choice Act.

Now, they’ve made clear they will do anything—even destroy jobs, communities and harm the U.S. economy—to ensure that more American workers do not have a voice on the job.

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Steven Greenhouse: ‘The Big Squeeze’

By: Tula Connell Sunday August 17, 2008 2:00 pm

Quick, let’s all raise our hands: How many of us could live on less than $10 an hour?

That’s a take-home pay of roughly $300 a week. Most one-bedroom apartments cost at least $1,000 a month. Ooops. There goes nearly the entire salary in one rent check.

So how do the nearly 33 million U.S. workers who make less than $10 an hour survive?

McCain: Red, White and Outsourced

By: Tula Connell Thursday August 14, 2008 1:30 pm

Sen. John McCain paints himself as an all-American hero. So why has he opposed “Buy American,” the law for government and military contracts?

In fact, not only has he opposed the law, he also says he “firmly objects” to it and has called it “ludicrous.”

This week, he ducked a campaign visit to a Harley-Davidson plant in York, Pa., because—ooops—those Buy American provisions would have required the government to purchase American-made motorcycles.

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