Ah Labor Day weekend.

The Obama administrations summer of recovery has crashed into an economic reality casting a cloud over the festivities of the Labor Day weekend Too many Americans are doing little or no labor these days. A time when most will celebrate the last days of summer by going outside and enjoying the fresh air.

The Deficit Commissioners who are determined to cut your Social Security benefits are going to enjoy their own retirements in comfort.

California Working Families for Jerry Brown a large labor coalition is circulating a Web ad today mocking Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and her heavily selffinanced campaign. tv will be up to this Labor Day weekend the NY Times has run a story of a homeless man who has pretty much nailed. Their own pension plans insulate them from the fears that many other Americans face.

Together we can organize and mobilize and create a grassroots groundswell that gives government no choice but to respond to our needs the needs of working people.

AAA predicts 34 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home during the holiday weekend an increase of almost 10 percent from last year.

Who could have known Thats the cry from the bigcorporate and DC elite as the economy and the environment and so many important things crash around us.

Those of you wondering what we here at BWE. CWFs ad amounts to a music video for.

All employees should be able to take time off for their illnesses not just those lucky enough to have the right job.

My syndicated column today takes on the rise of President Obamas best new Big Labor buddy Richard Trumka whose looming presence on the political scene I first flagged in April. As we noted last week hes got a combined 88 million. Experience shows that we can make our economy friendlier to beleaguered workers without harming their employers.