Campaign Statement – Why I Am Running

Working people have it rough these days. Our unions, our civil rights and liberties, and the public services we need are all under siege. Workers need a union militant like me in Congress who will fight for them. Let’s face it, capitalist democracy in the U.S. means that millionaires run…

House of Labor divided over Trump

Every unionized worker knows that their boss would love to see unions toothless, or gone altogether. The bosses are on the offense to achieve that goal, courtesy of Trump and his cohorts. To stop this, workers need a united labor movement ready to fight this reactionary juggernaut, including the bigoted…

Affirmative action = class solidarity

The election to the presidency of a man who stoked the fires of racial resentment and misogyny sparked protests by thousands in cities across the U.S. Now working people need to plan the next steps in stopping a potential right-wing dystopia. High on the list should be a drive to…

Mexican farmworkers take on growers and a corrupt union

Up and down the Pacific Coast, a largely indigenous workforce does the grueling labor to grow and harvest the fruits and vegetables that land on grocery store shelves. Now their relentless struggle against poverty wages and demeaning treatment is picking up speed like a freight train. In March of 2015,…

Soldiers are Uncle Sam’s most disposable workers

Clearly war is still hell, since every day 22 U.S. veterans take their lives, and the suicide rate for active duty soldiers is more than 50 percent higher than for civilians. But politicians and military commanders just slap a “hero” label on those returning from battle or leaving the service.…

Besieged public workers key to labor’s fate

Scarcely a day goes by when public workers are not blamed for the nation’s economic woes. But how could your local hard-working teacher, librarian, or garbage collector be such a menace to society? To the corporate fat cats, the menace lies in their unionization rate of 35.9 percent—far above the…

The myth of the jobless recovery

A recent graduate approaches a community college employee with whom he has worked in the past as an intern, maintaining the school ventilation system. He is looking for a full-time job, but nobody in the heating and air conditioning business is hiring anyone but the most experienced technicians. Now he…