Labor's Voice for Change

Harry Kelber


A Viable Candidate was Illegally Barred To Prevent an Embarrassing Election - Article 71- September 24, 2009

51 Candidates for Executive Council Are Winners, Yet Nameless, Faceless, Voiceless and Mindlless - Article 70- September 22, 2009

An Unfair Convention Voting System Enables A Few Union Presidents to Control AFL-CIO - Article 69- September 10, 2009

43 Candidates Still Remain in Hiding, With Only Days to the AFL-CIO Election - Article 68- September 8, 2009

AFL-CIO Election Officer Issues Rules That Raise Questions About Fairness - Article 67 - September 4, 2009

Trumka Has the Votes of the Big Unions, But Little Support from AFL-CIO Members - Article 66 - September 1, 2009

Request a Copy of Election Ballot To Justify Claim for Top Position - Article 65 - August 27, 2009

Trumka Is Ignoring His ‘Conflict of Interest’ Obama’s Labor Secretary Is Asked to Mediate - Article 64 - August 25, 2009

No Cheers from 247,000 Workers Laid Off in July That the Economic Recession Is Coming to an End - Article 63 - August 20, 2009

Trumka’s Supporters and Everyone Else Are Silent About His Greed and Financial Mismanagement - Article 62 - August 18, 2009

Why Are 43 Candidates for Executive Council Hiding? It’s How They Intend to Win a Fraudulent Election - Article 61 - August 13, 2009

A Vulnerable Trumka Can Be Defeated; Find a Smart Candidate with Courage- Article 60 - August 11, 2009

Why Haven’t There Been Any Cases of Corruption Before the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee? - Article 59 - August 6, 2009

AFL-CIO Council Says New Stimulus Package Is Urgent, as Mass Layoffs Continue to Rise - Article 58 - August 4 2009

What Should Unions Be Doing If EFCA Passes? And WhatTrumka’s Supporters and Everyone Else Are Silent About His Greed and Financial Mismanagement Have They Failed to Do Until Now? - Article 57 - July 30, 2009

Machinists Plan to Introduce Financial, Political, And Structural Reforms at AFL-CIO Convention - Article 56 - July 28, 2009

Trumka’s Refusal to Answer Any Questions Shows His Contempt for Union Members- Article 55 - July 23, 2009

Why Tom Buffenbarger Is Best Qualified To Be Elected President of the AFL-CIO - Article 54 - July 21, 2009

Will Candidate Trumka Finally Speak Up, After 14 Years as Sweeney’s Shadow? - Article 53 - July 16, 2009

Since 2005, Sweeney, Trumka and Holt-Baker Have Boosted Their Basic Salary by $70,000+ - Article 52 - July 14, 2009

Machinists Union Launches ‘JOBS Now’ Campaign; Will Urge Strong Support at AFL-CIO Convention - Article 51 - July 9, 2009

How the Sweeney-Trumka Cabal Plans To Steal the 2009 AFL-CIO Election - Article 50 - July 7, 2009

Where Are the Jobs That Obama Promised? Why No Action on the Increase in Layoffs? - Article 49 - July 2, 2009

15 Seats on AFL-CIO Executive Council Are Available to Women and Minorities - Article 48 - June 30, 2009

After 16 Years, Let’s Make FMLA Meaningful; California Offers 6 Weeks of Paid Family Leave - Article 47 - June 25, 2009

Should Health Care Be a Commodity or Right? The ‘Single Payer’ Plan Offers Best Deal - Article 46 - June 23, 2009

23 Major Unions at Machinist’s Conference Vow to Revitalize AFL-CIO at Convention - Article 45 - June 18, 2009

Whom Should We Choose as AFL-CIO President? Richard Trumka? Leo Gerard? Or Somebody Else? - Article 44 - June 16, 2009

IFPTE President Junemann Announces A Run for AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer - Article 43 - June 11, 2009

14.5 Million People (9.4%) Need a Job; Are We Headed for a ‘Jobless Recovery’? - Article 42 - June 9, 2009

Where Are the Public Works Jobs For Millions of ‘Forgotten People’? - Article 41 - June 4, 2009

Why I Have Become a Candidate for a Position On the 43-Member AFL-CIO Executive Council - Article 40 - June 2, 2009

Pension Agency Tripled Its Losses in 6 Months; New Bankruptcies Can Affect Retirement Income - Article 39 - May 28, 2009

A New Web Site to Inform Union Members, Protect Their Rights and Invite Their Views - Article 38 - May 26, 2009

Steelworkers’ Chief, in 34-City Bus Tour, Calls For Campaign to Save Auto Industry - Article 37 - May 21, 2009

169 Countries Offer Paid Sick Leave to Workers, But U.S. Workers Struggle to Get Any Sick Days - Article 36 - May 19, 2009

AFL-CIO Tells Unorganized Workers: Now Is not the Time to Join a Union - Article 35 - May 14, 2009

What Encouraging Good News! Only 535,000 Jobs Lost in April - Article 34 - May 12, 2009

E-Mails Alone Will Not Gain Passage of EFCA; Only Bold, Attention-Getting Action Will Do It - Article 33 - May 7, 2009

Should Our Unions Have Anything to Say or Propose About the State of the War in Iraq and Afghanistan? - Article 32 - May 5, 2009

AFL-CIO’s Health-Care Survey Ignores ‘Single Payer’ Plan Favored by Unions - Article 31 - April 30, 2009

Shame on Everyone Who Has Flunked The Math Test on Union Democracy - Article 30 - April 28, 2009

How the AFL-CIO Hierarchy Shows Its Open Contempt for Union Members - Article 29 - April 23, 2009

States Are Under Pressure to Shred Safety Net’ for the Sick and Elderly - Article 28 - April 21, 2009

Sweeney’s Memo on ‘Reunification’ Plan Reveals New Questions About Those Secret Meetings - Article 27 - April 16, 2009

The Unemployed Need a Union of Their Own; They Can Become a Powerful Ally of Labor - Article 26 - April 14, 2009

AFL-CIO and CTW Web Sites Are Mum on Huge Layoffs; Won’t Mention Obama’s Corporate-Minded Advisers - Article 25 - April 9, 2009

A Proposed Plan Would Give Ten Biggest Unions Control over a Corporate-Style Labor Movement - Article 24 - April 7, 2009

How the AFL-CIO Constitution Helps To Perpetuate Corrupt Leadership (4) - Article 23 - April 2, 2009

How the AFL-CIO Constitution Helps To Perpetuate Corrupt Leadership (3) - Article 22 - March 31, 2009

How the AFL-CIO Constitution Helps To Perpetuate Corrupt Leadership (2) - Article 21 - March 26, 2009

How the AFL-CIO Constitution Helps To Perpetuate Corrupt Leadership (1) - Article 20 - March 24, 2009

It’s a Lifetime Job with a Six-Figure Salary, So Why Should Old Labor Leaders Retire? - Article 19 - March 19, 2009

Why Has Labor Been Silent to Summers’ Charge That Unions Are Responsible for Unemployment? - Article 18 - March 17, 2009

Obama’s Chief Economic Adviser Opposes Employee Free Choice Act and Unionization - Article 17 - March 12, 2009

AFL-CIO Leaders Refuse to Reveal How They Spend Our Dues Money - Article 16 - March 10, 2009

AFL-CIO Council Authorizes Continuing Talks to Reach Agreement on Labor Unity - Article 15 - March 5, 2009

Why President Obama is not Pushing EFCA; Does AFL-CIO Have a Plan B for Organizing? - Article 14 - March 3, 2009

Trusteeships Have Become Weapons to Crush Dissent in Unions and Destroy Their Identity - Article 13 - February 24, 2009

Should the AFL-CIO Presidency Be for Sale? 12 Labor Leaders Play E-Bay to Bid for It - Article 12 - February 19, 2009

Madoff Swindled Millions of Dollars From Labor Union Pension Funds - Article 11 - February 10, 2009

U.S. Unions Can Learn Some New Tactics How Foreign Workers Fight Their Bosses - Article 10 - February 5, 2009

Members of AFL-CIO and Change to Win Have Major Role in Building Labor Unity - Article 9 - February 3, 2009

What Did the Bush Administration Receive For Financing AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center? - Article 8 - January 29, 2009

Why Are Workers the Only Group That Is Denied the ‘Right to Join’? - Article 7 - January 27, 2009

Unions Strongly Endorse H.R.676, A Non-Profit Health-Care Plan for All - Article 6 - January 22, 2009

The Lessons Organized Labor Can Learn From Obama’s Journey to the Presidency - Article 5 - January 20, 2009

How Many Ghosts Have Been Elected To the AFL-CIO’s Executive Council? - Article 4 - January 15, 2009

How Our Leaders Gained Monopoly Power By Using a Clause in AFL-CIO Constitution - Article 3 - January 13, 2009

Sweeney Group's Bloodless Coup in 1997 Helped It Win Three Sham Re-Elections - Article 2 - January 8, 2009

Will Passage of 'Employee Free Choice' Cause Millions to Rush to Join Unions? - Article 1 - January 6, 2009