Published 02 Aug, 2011 While the nation and the news media have largely been focused on the debt talks, and everyone hopes for a soft landing, the GOP has demonstrated how far they’re willing to go if their demands are not met: They’ve crashed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). When its authority to collect revenue…Read More…

Published 14 Oct, 2011 It all started with an email. Back in July, the staff of AdBusters, a small Vancouver-based magazine, proposed an idea: A demonstration on Wall Street to show disgust with economic inequality, lack of action on jobs and growing corporate control over the levers of our democracy. Talk about an idea whose…Read More…

Published 11 Sep, 2011 An unlikely trio, the president of the AFL-CIO, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and the President of the United States of America last month stood in the White House Rose Garden and called for the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act. President Obama again drew the link between transportation…Read More…

Published 11 Jul, 2011 A question for GOP governors: How’s that “bash-the-workers” thing working out for you? Not so well, according to public opinion polls. Republican governors leading the charge to cut health care, gut pensions, and cancel bargaining rights for public employees have seen their approval ratings tank. Rick Scott, who cut $8 billion…Read More…

Who’s Fixing Your Plane? Do You Know? Published 13 Jun, 2011 In the airline industry, we like to fix our problems on the ground. Tow trucks can’t help at 30,000 feet. Mechanics and other ground workers employed at U.S. airlines take great pride in making the U.S. air transportation system the safest and most reliable…Read More…

Published 02 Nov, 2011 Off-year elections are often sleepy affairs with low turnout and not much voter enthusiasm. Nobody’s sleeping in Ohio in 2011. After an intense campaign, the state’s eight million registered voters will have a chance to vote on Issue Two. A “yes” vote supports SB 5, Gov. John Kasich’s controversial ban on…Read More…

Published 02 Dec, 2011 AMR, parent of American Airlines and American Eagle, filed for bankruptcy last week even though the company is sitting on $4.1 billion in cash and is able to pay its bills. AMR’s ads in USA Today and the poor excuse for news coverage on network television last Tuesday would lead an…Read More…

Published 21 Mar, 2012 On March 10–15, I attended the annual AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Florida. This meeting brought together union leaders from across the country and served as a catalyst to address many of the challenges we face as workers in the middle class today. Most importantly, it created the opportunity to  adopt numerous…Read More…

Published 20 Aug, 2012 By James C. Little International President, Transport Workers Union According to a newly released book by Daniel L. Barlett and James B. Steele, “The Betrayal of the American Dream,” since 1985, corporations have killed 84,350 pension plans – plans that were designed to bring retirement security to millions of Americans.  TWU…Read More…