Power Politics at Yale Power Politics at Yale
As a Russian studies major at Yale in the 1970s, I observed Soviet "elections" that were conducted more fairly than the 2002 Yale Corporation's board of trustees election. Why is ...
May 16, 2002 / Sherrod Brown
Supreme Court v. Unions Supreme Court v. Unions
The recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board makes it plain that the Court's majority lives in denial...
May 2, 2002 / David Bacon
End Business as Usual End Business as Usual
The Enron "outrage," AFL-CIO president John Sweeney told a rapt crowd of several hundred workers at Milwaukee's Serb Memorial Hall, is "not the story of one corporation's abuses, ...
Apr 18, 2002 / David Moberg
Steeling Elections Steeling Elections
In early March, the Bush Administration adopted a policy that the steel industry as well as the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) have long been agitating for--tariffs on stee...
Mar 21, 2002 / Doug Henwood
The Migrant’s Story The Migrant’s Story
A Mexican migrant acquaintance once told me that he'd love the opportunity to brief Congress on immigration policy. Let us imagine him now, walking into the hallowed chamber, dress...
Mar 21, 2002 / Rubén Martinez
The Trouble With Tomatoes The Trouble With Tomatoes
Arriving in San Francisco after a ten-hour drive through a snowstorm, Lucas Benitez sounds earnest and exhausted.
Mar 18, 2002 / Feature / Mica Rosenberg
Trade Fights Trade Fights
There aren't many Democratic Congressional candidates who can claim that they personally thwarted the agenda of organized labor in the most critical legislative battles of the pas...
Mar 14, 2002 / John Nichols
Our Collective Bargain Our Collective Bargain
The fortunes of American unions have taken a turn for the worse. Thanks to terrorism and recession, union members are reeling from a series of economic and political setbacks. Ne...
Feb 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Steve Early