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The results of the Wisconsin recall indicate that the radical right agenda of the GOPers elected in 2010 has not turned off the voters.

How can a government of the 1% receive so much support from the 99%?

Weatherization looked like a triple win: create jobs, save money and energy, and slow global warming. But judging from experience in Massachusetts, it may be smarter to raise standards for existing workers than try to create new jobs.

Once a NAFTA critic, the Obama administration has secretly planned a similar pact, the Trans Pacific Partnership, that will harm labor, the environment, and democracy. What can unions do?

United Academics was certified April 27 to represent more than 1,800 professors and researchers at the University of Oregon. The union represents teaching employees across the board: full-time and part-time, tenure track and non-tenure track. The drive was motivated by U of O's creeping...

Under assault from the misnamed Stand for Children, teachers in Massachusetts are about to give up seniority as a criterion for layoffs, and give principals greatly increased power over personnel issues.

Perseverance paid off for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee in North Carolina as Reynolds finally agreed to meet with the union. FLOC has demanded since 2008 the tobacco giant discuss tobacco pickers' abysmal work conditions.

With so much energy and effort by thousands of workers and activists going into the Wisconsin Uprising, why did this movement fail to achieve its prime political goal? Several participants reflect.