New Today -- 16 October 2018

Perspective

The multi-billion-dollar business of American trade unions

Hotel workers currently on strike in the US are getting meager or no strike pay, meted out by "unions" that are in fact businessescheap labor contractors run by well-paid corporate managers.

News & Analysis

Dozens missing in Hurricane Michael as death toll rises

President Trump's visit to the devastated area Monday was a cynical and empty display, under conditions where there will be little federal aid to rebuild the region.

Trump backs Saudi Arabia, suggesting "rogue killers" murdered Khashoggi

Amazon whistleblower Shannon Allen: Celebrated $15 base pay represents pay cut for some workers

Indiana Lear auto parts workers overwhelmingly reject UAW-backed contract proposal

United Steelworkers announces tentative deal with US Steel

Washington state Supreme Court strikes down death penalty as "arbitrary and racially biased"

Slashing of welfare spending forces millions into poverty in UK

"National crisis" facing UK National Health Service as deficits grow

As Pakistan seeks IMF bailout, US intensifies pressure on Islamabad

Australian Labor Party leader vows to cut taxes for the rich

Australia: Hutchinson pushes cuts to waterfront workers' wages and conditions

Featured Commentary

Former first lady Michelle Obama's declares George W. Bush "my partner in crime"

Arts Review

The Trial and Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben FerenczAn early Stalinist frame-up on film and the Nuremberg tribunal against the Nazis

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: The Americas