In Brief, 2007 Labor Day Edition
Here is today's quick news digest:
- Miss Laura, in a succinct post entitled "Unions Matter", excerpts a passage from Solidarity Remembered and displays an AFL-CIO graph showing that unionized workers of every ethnicity and gender have higher median weekly earnings than their nonunion counterparts.
- At OpenLeft, Eating Liberally's Kerry Trueman talks about the environmental and health impacts of grilling, plus alternative meals that are just as tasty.
- Crooks and Liars features a Labor Day clip from AFSCME..
- David Sirota, who is launching a nationally syndicated, weekly newspaper column through Creators Syndicate this autumn, reports on the progress of his new book, The Uprising, and presents a nice Labor Day reading list.
- The Honorable George Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, calls for a redoubling of efforts to improve worker safety.
