November 16, 2006 -
If organized labor does indeed start pushing for trade agreements that better protect workers' rights, as my fellow Facing South blogger R. Neal reports, it will likely find support from an electorate that's proven to be deeply concerned about fair-trade issues.
November 16, 2006 -
As Facing South reported earlier, today over 500 workers spontaneously walked off their jobs at Smithfield Foods, to protest "abuse and intimidation" after the c
November 16, 2006 -
We've written before at Facing South about Smithfield Foods, the meat-processing giant which runs the largest pork-processing plant in the world in Tarheel, North Carolina.
November 16, 2006 -
Organized labor played a huge role in the 2006 mid-term elections, and is now expecting a return on its investment.
November 15, 2006 -
There's a lively discussion brewing over a Daily Kos, where I cross-posted my piece what the 2006 elections showed about Democrats and the South.
November 15, 2006 -
Charging that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has "hijacked" billions of dollars of federal reconstruction money, a coalition of groups representing Hurricane Katrina and Rita survivors plans to hold a mass protest march in Baton Rouge this Saturday, Nov. 18.
November 15, 2006 -
This post, along with earlier entries here, here and here, will be pa