3,000 Trapped in South African Mine

Staff / Truthdig Oct 4, 2007 More than 3,000 South African gold miners are trapped 14 miles beneath the surface of the Earth The company that owns the mine said that its workers will be able to breathe, but South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said it is extremely concerned for those who are trapped Update: All of the workers have been rescued. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blue-Collar Challenge for Democrats

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 28, 2007 The GM-UAW labor contract could prove to be a victory of innovative thinking in the private sector. Now politicians should be clear on how they would attack the deepening problems that confront working people. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

San Diego Mayor Backs Gay Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 Inspired by care for his daughter and an eleventh-hour decision, as he put it, to "lead with my heart," San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders (a Republican, as a Truthdig reader pointed out) said Wednesday that he would "take a stand on equality and social justice" and come out, as it were, in favor of gay marriage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Weak Labor’s Strong Clout

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 4, 2007 The American labor movement is divided on which candidate to support for president. Its membership is at one of its lowest ebbs in our history. And yet the nation's unions are more politically influential today than they were in the movement's heyday in the 1950s. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Super Union’ Merger in the Works

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2007 Britain's biggest union will meet with the United Steel Workers, a North American organization, to discuss the possibility of a merger. The resulting international mega-union would be one of the largest in the world. The head of the British group has previously expressed a desire to form "a single global trade union movement capable of challenging the might of multinationals." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Firefighters Blast Giuliani

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2007 The country's largest firefighters union has taken presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to task over his "egregious acts" following 9/11. Giuliani, now the front-runner for the GOP nomination, draws almost all of his popularity from his post-9/11 performance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Would Let Airport Screeners Unionize

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2007 An anti-terrorism bill making its way through the Senate would allow airport screeners to unionize. Republicans in Congress, ever the friends of working men and women, have fought against the provision, arguing that a screener union would threaten security and safety. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greed by Any Other Name

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Mar 1, 2007 Opponents of a new law that would make it easier to form unions, including the president and some Republicans in Congress, have found a clever if shameless method of concealing their loyalty to corporate greed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Bush’s Speech Didn’t Matter

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jan 25, 2007 None of the progressive-sounding proposals in the president's speech stand any chance of actually arriving on Capitol Hill as legislation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Jersey Backs Same-Sex Unions

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2006 Hurrah for the Garden State, whose state Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples are entitled to "the same rights and benefits enjoyed by opposite-sex couples under the civil marriage statutes." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Companies Fight For Right to Bleed China

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2006 In the face of vast poverty and exploitation, the Chinese government is about to enact a labor law that would strengthen the role of unions and protections for workers. But American corporations, eager to maintain their fiefdoms in the middle kingdom, have lobbied fiercely against the proposed legislation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EU Lawmakers Condemn Bush?s Secret Prisons

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2006 Members of the European Union?s parliament have been fuming over the existence of secret European prisons, following Bush?s recent admission about the facilities. In response to the discovery and to previous denials by European leaders who may have played host to the detention centers, one lawmaker said: ?Bush exposes not only his own previous lies. He also exposes to ridicule those arrogant government leaders in Europe who dismissed as unfounded our fears about extraordinary rendition.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )