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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
    Cesar Chavez

    :: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 ::

    WorkPlace: Americans Don't Believe in the American Dream - By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
    The American Dream is Dead, gone along with the era of good union jobs, comprehensive employer benefits and real upward mobility, and most working people are fully aware of the fact.

    That's the takeaway from the latest installment of the American Dream Survey, a study of working Americans' views of the political-economy released in late September.
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