Uncovering Labor's Place In An Era Of Joblessness

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Uncovering Labor's Place In An Era Of Joblessness LOS ANGELES -- In his struggle to organize Walmart's workers, Philip Meza spends a lot of his time in chain restaurants. On a recent morning on the outskirts of this city, the soft-spoken 41-year-old was drinking a Diet Coke at a Carl's Jr. with a 22-year-old Walmart worker named William Fletcher, a new recruit to OUR Walmart, a labor organization conceived by Meza's union, United Food and Commercial Workers. In WaMu Settlement, An Easy Way Out For Former Executives OWS Jobs Expo Has Many Problems, Few Available Jobs POOR RICH PEOPLE: Despite Recession's Toll On One Percent, Wealth Gap Remains Huge For Families On Welfare, Few Protections From Theft And Fraud OECD: Europe Must Act To Stop Youth Jobs Crisis BLOG POSTS Dean Baker: Economic Conflicts With China and Class War in the United States The debate over China is often buried in confusion, leading to a situation that is not conducive to effective action. A major reason for this confusion is that there is not a common U.S. interest against China. Charles Kolb: Santa Clause Last week, an attorney whom I do not know, but who somehow got my name on a mailing list, sent me a thoughtful electronic holiday message that was to the point. Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: Rediscovering Religious Values in the Market Economy The time has come for us to recover the Judeo-Christian ethic of human dignity in the image of God. Humanity was not created to serve markets. Markets were created to serve humankind. Steven Strauss: Actually, Corporations That Lobby and Make Campaign Contributions Get Special Benefits While members of Congress assure their constituents that money spent lobbying them does not influence their judgment, 75% of all Americans believe it does. Recent academic studies support the public's concern. Ian Fletcher: Why Is the American Left So Ineffective in Economics? There's a very narrow sweet spot of disciplined radicalism that neither sells out nor indulges economic solutions that are non-starters. Staying in this sweet spot takes a lot of self-discipline, and since the 1960s, this has not exactly been a leftist virtue.

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