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Corporate America: Defeating Unionization, Illegally
Where’s the Goddamn Outrage! When it Comes to National Labor Law We Have a Corporate Crime WaveBy Dave Lindorff / May 21, 2009 A new study of 1004 union organizing drives conducted by the director of labor education research at … Continue reading
Card Check is Dead : Did Obama Betray Labor?
Sen. Arlen Specter, “Democrat” of Pennsylvania, with President Obama, says he will accept a compromise on the Employee Free Choice Act. Photo by AP. Last Thursday President Obama pronounced “card check” dead, saying that the current Employee Free Choice Act … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Party, Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Obama Administration
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May Day in Europe : Protesters Clash with Riot Police
Protesters throw stones at riot police during a May Day rally in Istanbul. Photo by Osman Orsal / Reuters.Giant demonstrations in France; battles with police in Turkey, Greece and Germany Protests reflect growing anger in Europe over unemployment and handling … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Europe, Labor Unions, May Day, Social Protest
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Fighting the Unions : Card Check, FDR, and Right-Wing History
Anti-union cartoon from the National Association of Manufacturers Collection, Hagley Museum & Library, published in Z Magazine. The anti-labor campaign is a component of the broader strategy by the Republican Party and frenetic conservative commentators to paint a picture in … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, FDR, Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Obama Administration, Right Wing
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Chamber of Commerce Admits Funding Anti-Worker Ads with Bailout Money
Billboards standing 50-feet high in Washington, D.C. support the Employee Free Choice Act. However, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is using bailout funds to finance its newly-launched program of television ads opposing the act. The Chamber of Commerce is using … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, Chamber of Commerce, Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Union Busting
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‘Justice in the Coalfields’ : The Pittston Strike, April 5, 1989
Trailer: ‘Justice in the Coalfields’ by Anne Lewis Anne Lewis’ provocative and skillfully produced documentary of the strike, Justice in the Coalfields, has had a profoundly formative influence not only on my understanding of the struggle, but larger issues of … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Anne Lewis, Coal Mining, Labor Unions, Social Movements, Strikes, West Virginia
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‘Rednecks’ and Greens Beat Big Coal in Appalachia
A mountaintop removal coal mining operation near Blair, West Virginia. Photo by The National Memorial for the Mountains.Mountaintop removal receives major setback: Blair Mountain in West Virginia named to National Register of Historic Places By Jeff Biggers / March 30, … Continue reading
Cheap Labor: The Common Thread of the South
Southern Oligarchy and the Labor UnionsBy Joseph B. Atkins / February 2009 OXFORD, Miss. — Cheap labor. Even more than race, it’s the thread that connects all of Southern history—from the ante-bellum South of John C. Calhoun and Jefferson Davis … Continue reading
Michael Meeropol : Business Unites to Fight Workers’ Rights
Virtually the entire organized business lobbying apparatus is united in attempting to convince the public that the Employee Free Choice Act is a terrible blow against workers’ rights. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / March 5, 2009 The … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Economic Crisis, Labor Unions, workers rights
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Recession: Time to Beat Up Workers Some More
A much better case could be made that American workers are getting the crap beat out them right now, but this article is a beginning. Not only is this financial meltdown not serving up a much-deserved comeuppance to big business, … Continue reading
Unions and the Left : A Million March in France Against Sarkozy
An anti-government demonstration in Bordeaux Jan. 29, 2009. Photo by Getty Images. The US mainstream media did not even approach this kind of coverage. Of course the left-center European press — like The Independent and Le Monde — is much … Continue reading
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Tagged France, Labor Unions, Political Protest, Sarkozy, Social Action, The Left
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Bailout Bust : Southern Republicans Strike Out at Unions
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, left, listens to Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaking about the Senate’s rejection of an emergency $14 billion loan bailout for US auto companies, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo by Haraz N. … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Automobile Industry, Congressional Bailout, Labor Unions, Republican Party, UAW
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