LAANE New Vision Newsletter - September 2007
Hot Off the Press
The Latest Articles on Economic Inequality and the Changing Economy

What Happened to Labor Day?
By Robert B. Reich — The American Prospect

The Right to Unionize: Key to Democracy
By Dean Baker — Truthout.org

What Worker Rights Can Do: It's in the Interest of Those who Favor Free Trade to See That Worker Rights Are a Fixture in Trade Agreements.
By Thomas Geoghegan — The American Prospect

Madeline Janis: L.A.'s Labor Warrior
By Jim Newton — Los Angeles Times

The Poor Work Harder to Survive in Los Angeles County, According to a New Report
By R. W. Dellinger — The Tidings

Tough Times May Lie Ahead for Workers: Even as They Celebrate Labor Day, L.A. Union Members Face Rising Costs and Tough Contract Talks

By Duke Helfand and Molly Selvin — Los Angeles Times

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Recommended Reading
A selection of books on labor history, democracy and the progressive movement in America.
Oracle Bones
By Peter Hessler
Oracle BonesA journalist's encounters with a wide variety of Chinese citizens capture life in a rapidly changing country where an ancient culture still bubbles to the surface.
Cheap Motels and a
Hot Plate

By Michael D. Yates
Cheap Motels and a Hot PlateA leftist economist and his wife travel around the U.S., stopping to work along the way. The book is an interesting combination of travel guide and reporting on the state of
the country.
Ludlow
By David Mason
LudlowA historical novel about the massacre of 18 men, women, and children of coal mining families at a mine owned by the Rockefellers in Colorado in 1914. The book is written in free verse, adding a poetic quality to
the prose.
Latina Activists
Across Borders

By Milagros Peña
Latina Activists Across BordersThis new release profiles women’s non-
governmental organizations in El Paso/Ciudad Juarez and in
Michoacan, Mexico.
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