SEIU and Young People

They started a new organization called Qvisory that will help young workers with things like financial planning, credit card debt, and health insurance.
-NY Times

Starbucks Union Celebrates 3rd Anniversary

A new store in Chicago goes public and another one in Michigan files a legal complaint regarding union busting.
-Liza Featherstone

Sicko

Michael Moore's movie about the dysfunctional American healthcare system comes out soon.
-Michael Moore

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Clinton Campaign Manager Busts Unions

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Unions To Unseat Corporate "Democrats"

The Nation

Working in China: 14hrs a day, 7 days a week

Independent/UK

Bush's OSHA Fails to Protect Popcorn Workers

Washington Post

Fortune Fears John Edwards

"John Edwards: Union Man," Fortune:

should Edwards overcome stiff odds and win the presidency, a new and more hostile day is sure to dawn for Washington's business interests, particularly if Democrats retain control of Congress. Legislation to make union organizing easier would readily pass (already it passed the House this year), as well as other measures to boost the bargaining leverage of organized labor. Universal health care, mostly resisted by the private sector, would top his agenda.

The hyper-cautious Hillary Clinton learned the dangers of a frontal assault on business interests with the disastrous reception to her 1993 health-care plan. Barack Obama hails from the party's liberal-left wing, but prizes consensus. For President Edwards, though, the grievances of working Americans would land squarely at the door of corporate America.

To Fight Sprawl Let DC Grow!

Washington Post article about the restrictive building height limits in the city:

"D.C. leaders should consider lifting the limit around Metro stations that serve commuters from across the region, such as Dupont Circle, Union Station, Metro Center, the Navy Yard and, yes, Friendship Heights."

Common sense tells us that high density zoning centered around mass transit hubs (e.g. Metro stops) is the only way to fight suburban and exurban sprawl. If you can't build up, you have to build out.

Circuit City: "I've Made A Huge Mistake"

Circuit City, citing poor sales of large screen televisions, expects to post a loss at the end of this first quarter. Financial analysts blame the firing of the company's 3,400 most experienced workers, 60% of whom had sales positions. Wobblies protest.
-Washington Post, Times Union