Are unions getting the backseat?
Republicans and big business are going all out to stop the Employee Free Choice Act. How will labor respond? Read more http://socialistworker.org/2009/01/30/are-unions-getting-backseat

Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call to organize opposition to the ECFA
Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community's top legislative priority. Read more
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/bank-of-america-hosted-an_n_161248.html

Why We Need Stronger Unions, and How to Get Them Why We Need Stronger Unions, and How to Get Them
Why is this recession so deep, and what can be done to reverse it?Hint: Go back about 50 years, when America's middle class was expanding and the economy was soaring. Paychecks were big enough to allow us to buy all the goods and services we produced. It was a virtuous circle. Good pay meant more purchases, and more purchases meant more jobs Read more http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-we-need-stronger-unions-and-how-to.html

The top lobbying fights to expect With Barack Obama officially installed in the White House, Washington is getting back to the regular order of business. And to help you refocus, Politico has compiled a list of five hot legislative fights ahead. Read more http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17944.html

Take the Pledge
...standing up for our rights as working people to a decent standard of living.
...supporting the right of all workers to organize and bargain collectively
...fighting for secure family-wage jobs in the face of corporateattacks on working people and our communities
...organizing the unorganized to take aggressive action to secure a better economic future for all of us.<
...mobilizing those already organized to join the fight for jobs with justice.
During the next year, I will be there at least five times for someone else's fight, as well as my own. If enough of us are there, we'll all start winning.Read more http://www.jwj.org/about.html