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David Moberg

David Moberg, a senior editor of In These Times, writes frequently for The Nation on labor issues.

Wooing the White Working Class

September 24, 2008

Unions are trying to combat racism and sway undecided working-class voters toward Obama.
Labor's New Push

August 29, 2008

Meet Working America: a self-declared mass organization with a working-class base and a strategy to win.

2007

Obama's Community Roots

April 3, 2007

Barack Obama's political vision grew out of his early experiences as a community organizer in Chicago.

2006

Laboring Toward Election Day

October 12, 2006

Despite the split following the 2004 election, labor groups are gearing up for the November elections like never before.
Dueling Over Delphi

March 16, 2006

When Delphi declared bankruptcy, cutting workers' wages, pensions and healthcare, auto unions in Indiana drew the line. Now they are prepared to strike or take work-to-rule actions.

2005

Human Rights at Work

December 8, 2005

Labor issues involve not only economic rights, but also human rights, in the US, but especially in nations around the world where the right of free speech and assembly is not a given.
After the Storm

July 28, 2005

Picking up the pieces at the AFL-CIO convention.
Look Who's Walking

July 26, 2005

David Moberg reports on the union dissidents leaving the AFL-CIO.
Labor Splits Open

June 23, 2005

As its July convention approaches, the AFL-CIO is on the brink of a major break-up.
Union Blues Lift in Chicago

April 9, 2005

Home childcare workers declare a victory.
'Ownership' Swindle

March 16, 2005
Chips Fall in Vegas

March 3, 2005

"We have to change the AFL-CIO,"
On the Money

March 2, 2005

Massive resources are at stake in the debate roiling the AFL-CIO's Las Vegas summit.
Can't Workers of the World Unite?

February 24, 2005

Labor debates its future.

2004

Trading Down

December 22, 2004
Lessons for Labor

December 9, 2004

What unions did right--and wrong--in the 2004 election.
Plotting an Ohio Surprise

October 21, 2004
Letters

May 6, 2004
A Union of Unions

April 1, 2004
How Edison Survived

February 26, 2004

Discredited and broke, the school privatizer found an unlikely white knight.

2003

Labor Fights for Rights

August 28, 2003

Workers have lost the right to organize. A new effort aims to get it back.

2002

Labor Plays Its Hand

October 24, 2002
Reforming the Teamsters

August 15, 2002
It's Payback Time

June 13, 2002
End Business as Usual

April 18, 2002

2001

Labor: In Fighting Trim

December 13, 2001
The Six-Year Itch

August 23, 2001

John Sweeney sees the AFL-CIO through some growing pains.
Organization Man

June 28, 2001
Labor's Fight Has Just Begun

January 11, 2001

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