The Rebuilding the Middle Class Act (a.k.a. Employee Free Choice Act)

This is an important bill. It's passage would restore some power to the working class.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The Rebuilding the Middle Class Act (a.k.a. Employee Free Choice Act)

SEIU's Andy Stern: "Something is Wrong With America"

Corporate greed has turned the U.S. into a service economy until they figure out a way to outsource toilet cleaning. Try living on minimum wage. The economic system rewards the robber barons and forces former skilled workmen into poverty.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: SEIU's Andy Stern: "Something is Wrong With America" [VIDEO]

Worker's Rights

AlterNet: WorkPlace: Bush Poised to Veto Long-Sought Labor Reform: "Big Business commissioned a Zogby poll that's dangerously close to the political 'push-polls' of campaign infamy. The questions were remarkably dishonest, and the results were what the pollsters and their clients were looking for. Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following statement: 'Every worker should continue to have the right to a federally supervised secret ballot election when deciding whether to organize a union.'"