February 1, 2013
The Department of Labor has made the very bad decision that all Job Corps Centers are to stop enrolling trainees in February and may stop enrollment until next July. This is an incredibly bad way to shore up their budget. It is both penny wise and pound foolish. Education and training is one of the president’s highest priorities. Apparently the Department of Labor has not gotten that memo.
December 16, 2011
We are the frontline workers who haul container rigs full of imported and exported goods to and from the docks and warehouses every day. We have accepted the honor to speak up for our brothers and sisters about our working conditions despite the risk of retaliation we face.
November 8, 2010
Construction unions have historically fought affirmative action and excluded Black hiring, and they are still getting away with it. They huddle up to the good unions and pay off our elected officials with campaign donations.