Tag Archives: Labor Unions

Paul Beckett : A Perfect Day in Madison

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

A few of the 100,000 that hit the streets of Madison, Wisc., Saturday, March 12, 2011. Photo by Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog.Just ask 100,000 people!A Perfect Day in Madison, Wisconsin By Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Thousands Brave Cold Rain to Support Indiana Workers

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

On a cold, rainy day thousands rallied against anti-worker legislation March 10 in front of the Indiana Statehouse. Image from Fox59.In bitter cold rain:Thousands rally at Indianapolis State HouseBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / March 12, 2011 INDIANAPOLIS … Continue reading →

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Paul Beckett : The Wisconsin Revolution and Gov. Walker’s ‘Putsch’

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog.Dispatch from Madison:Governor Walker’s putsch By Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / March 11, 2011 [This is the second of Paul Beckett’s reports from Madison for The Rag Blog.] MADISON, Wisconson — … Continue reading →

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Anne Lewis : Workers’ Rights and the Fight Against Poverty

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Labor leader John L. Lewis testifies before Congress in 1947. Still image from archival film footage.Poverty in America and the attack on public sector unions I want to ask a basic question that unifies religious, labor, and community organizations at … Continue reading →

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Think Progress : The Koch Brothers’ War on Mainstreet

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Charles and David: The brothers Koch. Image from AlterNet.The Kochs vs. Mainstreet: The right-wing billionaires’ open war on everyday Americans By Think Progress / AlterNet / March 2, 2011 Koch Industries, the private company of the billionaire Koch brothers Charles … Continue reading →

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SPORT / Dave Zirin : Strange Bedfellows in Wisconsin

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Packers union rep Charles Woodson: Standing with organized labor in Wisconsin. Photo by Gay /AP.Strange bedfellows:Why the Packers back the protesters By Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog / March 1, 2011 After a 30-year erosion of power, influence, and … Continue reading →

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FILM / Rick Ayers : An Inconvenient Superman

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

An Inconvenient Superman:Davis Guggenheim’s new filmhijacks school reformBy Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / September 20, 2010 Davis Guggenheim’s 2010 film Waiting for Superman is a slick marketing piece full of half-truths and distortions. The film suggests the problems … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : From Labor Day to Election Day

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Obama’s Labor Day speech in Milwaukee: start of something new? Photo by Morry Gash / AP.The working class built this country:Now we must mobilize to transform it By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 9, 2010 From Labor … Continue reading →

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John Ross : Epic Hunger Strike in the Land of the Hungry

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cayetano Cabrera of the Mexican Electricity Workers’ Union (SME). His hunger strike was the longest in Mexican history — but it ended in futility. Photo from Musicios y Politicos y Locos.Where Hunger is palpable:Mexican hunger strike sets recordBut electrical workers … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : U.S. Social Forum a High Energy Event

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

10,000 marched through downtown Detroit to kick off the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, June 22, 2010.U.S. Social Forum in Detroit:High-energy gathering fires upA new generation of activists The gathering in Atlanta in June 2007 had 12,000 people come together … Continue reading →

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Anne Lewis : Don Blankenship and the A.T. Massey Crime Spree

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Don Blankenship, a “plump, soft-spoken accountant with a smirk.” Image from treehugger.com.The porcine man:Don Blankenship and theSordid history of A.T. Massey By Anne Lewis / The Rag Blog / April 16, 2010 [See Mine War on Blackberry Creek, the 30-minute … Continue reading →

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Coal Mining : Union-Busting and the Massey Disaster

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Deaths in West VirginiaDid not have to happen By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / April 14, 2010 With the death of 29 coal miners at the Massey Coal-operated Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, the United … Continue reading →

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