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Public outrage and pressure from labor leaders speaking on behalf of thousands of unemployed aerospace workers led to the cancellation of a conference in Wichita, KS, on how to promote additional outsourcing of U.S. aerospace jobs to Mexico. Wichita is the home of Cessna Aircraft, LearJet, Hawker Beechcraft, Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems. According to an
Read moreCivil rights activist and longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women Dorothy Height died this morning. She was 98. Height was president of the National Council of Negro Women for more than 40 years. Known as the “founding matriarch” of the Civil Rights Movement, Height was the leading female voice amongst a cast
Read moreThe AFL-CIO has launched a new, comprehensive database aimed at exposing the egregious compensation and lobbying efforts of the ‘Big Six’ on Wall Street. The 2010 Executive PayWatch site catalogs the pay and anti-Main Street efforts of executives at Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. The online
Read moreThe first man to walk on the moon has launched a highly unusual and public attack on President Obama’s decision to eliminate the Constellation program, a move he said would be “devastating” and risk putting America’s space superiority on “a long downhill slide to mediocrity.” Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong made the charge in an
Read moreMore than 1,900 jobs activists in 48 states will take part in a novel deliberative process aimed at crafting a 16-point plan to reverse the U.S. jobs crisis. The activists are part of Ur Union of Unemployed. The Hire US, America plan focuses on creating jobs for the unemployed and easing their crushing financial burdens. Key features of the plan include
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