Labor Union Blog

We've seen and read a lot about television writers on strike for issues like not getting paid for the work they do when it appears on the Internet and in other new media.

But what about the television producers? How about hearing their side of the story?

Thanks to "The Colbert Report," now all sides can get a proper airing.

Check out this "Colbert Report" video from a representative of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Like he says, it's his first time video-log blogging.

Robin Weirauch (center) signs the Employee Free Choice Act pledge.

On Dec. 11, voters in Ohio’s 5th District will vote in a special election to fill their vacant congressional seat.

Robin Weirauch, the pro-worker candidate in the race and a former member of the Electrical Workers (IBEW), has the opportunity to take the seat.

Although the district is heavily Republican (Bush won 61 percent of the vote there in 2004), Democrats Ted Strickland and Sherrod Brown took the 5th District in 2006. And Weirauch's Republican opponent, state Rep. Bob Latta, just went through a “brutal” primary battle.

Plus, turnout is typically low in a special election like this, which means anything can happen.