Christmas solidarity, one union to another Via Friends of Labor newsletter The Longshore union gives children of striking grocery workers a nice Christmas party. International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) presented the children of the UFCW with “A day with…

The Wal-Mart limbo dance From Patt Morrison in the LA Times It’s the Wal-Mart limbo dance: Whether it’s price or public responsibility, how low can you go? I tell you, who needs an exotic overseas vacation? Let Wal-Mart take you…

If they play ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ one more time, I’m going postal Czech Republic trade unions demanded that stores stop playing Christmas carols incessantly or compensate sales clerks for emotional trauma. Some stores play the same songs all day and…

LAPD: ‘Pre-emptive’ arrests made to get terror info In response to the national terrorism alert, Los Angeles police have made “a number of pre-emptive arrests,” a high-ranking LAPD source said Tuesday. Those arrests were made in the past 48 hours…

Nader will NOT run as a Green, may run as independent “My understanding is that, if Nader runs, he does not want to run a mediocre campaign, and he is trying to assess the political and resource variables on how…

And one Xmas, let’s hope this does happen! From Slugger O’Toole, a fine blog covering politics in Northern Ireland It’s a dangerous business trying to predict the future of Northern Ireland’s politics, but here’s one possible outcome of the year…