Obama, McCain Tax Policies and the Middle Class

CtW Connect posts on some recent analysis of the respective tax plans of Obama and McCain.
Wonder whose policies will actually help you? According to Business Week, McCain’s caters to the rich, while Obama’s actually helps the middle class:
• Senator McCain’s tax cuts would primarily benefit those with very high incomes, almost all of whom [...]

Summer Meetings Suspended

(This is an announcement for Teamsters Local 384 members. The most recent updates to this site continue below this post)
As usually occurs at Local 384, the summer membership meetings were suspended via a motion at our May membership meeting. The Local sent out notices that are posted on the workplace Union boards, and if you [...]

Low Wages Hurting Single Dads

On Father’s Day, I’d like to wish a good day to all the fathers who may be reading this.
I’d also like to point to an item from the AFL-CIO Now blog about working single fathers. It points out a fact sheet on single fathers from the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
A few of [...]