Wellstone Action!

A look at a key report from the Drum Major Institute.

Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and the Sheila Wellstone Institute would like to bring awareness to the $70 billion dollar a year industry that includes sexual slavery or forced labor for millions of women, children, and men.

Let's not forget that the best path to the middle class is a good job with union representation.

This year organized labor has their best opportunity to pass the Employee Free Choice Act and the glbt community has the opportunity to pass a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Working together at the grassroots level will make both efforts stronger.

Not only was the election of President Barack Obama a historic event by electing our first black president.  This election also marked a momentous turning point for the battered women and sexual assault movements in this country.