Neil Gorsuch and the Fate of Labor Union Funding

MARK SHERMAN / The Associated Press Feb 19, 2018 President Trump's Supreme Court pick holds the deciding vote in a case affecting the financial viability of unions that are major supporters of Democratic candidates and causes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Are Wages Low? Blame Workers for Not Knowing They Are, in Fact, Workers

BLANK Jan 1, 2014 The anti-union movement won the battle of self-perception. Union-friendly blue-collar workers have been supplanted by white-collar office drones who don't see themselves as candidates for unionization because they don't really see themselves as workers, author Edward McClelland argues. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Right Wing Mounts Stealth Campaign in Freshening Labor Battle in Tennessee

BLANK Nov 19, 2013 Volkswagen and the United Auto Workers are working toward labor harmony with union representation at VW’s Chattanooga plant. So a right-wing anti-union group is mounting the fight that VW doesn’t want to wage, fearing that success by the UAW could give unionization momentum in the "right-to-work" South. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Which Side Are You On, Boys?’

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Dec 14, 2012 Is there a wave of nostalgia for the 1930s? I wouldn't have thought so, at least not until the Republicans of Michigan passed the bucket of anti-union legislation last week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Watch: Fox News Contributor Gets Punched in Face During Union Protest

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 13, 2012 A video that shows Steven Crowder getting punched in the face and threatened with gun violence in the midst of a right-to-work protest in Lansing, Mich., may have been heavily edited. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Where the Real Battle Over Inequality Is Happening

Robert Reich / Truthdig Dec 12, 2012 Washington has a way of focusing the nation’s attention on tactical games over partisan maneuvers that are symptoms of a few really big problems. But we almost never get to debate or even discuss the big problems because the tactical games overwhelm everything else. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

NFL Replacement Ref Outrage Grows After Botched Call Leads to Seahawks Win

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 26, 2012 Finally, President Obama and union-busting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have found an issue that they agree on: getting the regular union officials back into NFL games. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wisconsin Election Results: Scott Walker Survives

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 6, 2012 Multiple news outlets have called the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election for Scott Walker By winning the election Tuesday night, the Republican became the first US governor to survive a recall attempt that reached the ballot By winning the election Tuesday night in Wisconsin, Scott Walker became the first U. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Will Wisconsin Governor Survive Recall Election?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2012 Scott Walker is looking to do what no other US governor has ever done: keep his office after a recall election Walker is just the third governor to face a recall ballot in U history . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Michigan May Be Next Battleground for Anti-Union Forces

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2012 As Wisconsin voters prepare to head to the polls next week for the recall election of GOP Gov. Scott Walker, anti-labor forces are already eyeing where they will take their union-busting battle to next. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

100,000 March in Madison

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2011 Upwards of 100,000 people turned out at a protest in the Wisconsin capital after Republican lawmakers and the Republican governor pushed through a new anti-union law eliminating most collective-bargaining rights for public employees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )