Working Life

   People want bread: Bahrain’s largest trade union on Thursday joined the opposition grouping tasked with articulating the demands of antigovernment protesters, raising the specter of further nationwide strike action to pressure the government to accept sweeping reforms. "We are with the protesters’ call for more rights and freedoms. We also want the government to […]

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Yesterday, hundreds of activists from labor and the community poured into the streets outside FOX NEWS in Manhattan. Spearheaded by Job Party, chants from "Unions, Yes, Walker, No" to "FOX NEWS Lies" to "Workers Rights Are Human Rights" bounced off the Fox News Building. Ed Schultz stuck his head out the window from down the […]

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   The revolt is spreading to other states. And here is one reason we must fight: Wal-Mart’s earnings rose sharply.    Indiana : On Monday, thousands of steelworkers, autoworkers and other labor activists surrounded the Indiana state capitol to protest a bill before the legislature to dramatically weaken the clout of private-sector unions.   Ohio […]

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   I got up this morning thinking I’d philosophize–then, I drank coffee and thought, nah, I like causing trouble a whole lot more. If only activists had that Internet switch–turn it off and get people into the streets? Ok, no, we’re not for that–but if you’re inclined to hit the streets…it’s happening everywhere…and there is […]

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   I was distracted all day, for the right reason–get out to the streets, rough it up, make some noise for Wisconsin workers:  

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    I am struck every day by the incredibly bizarre world we live in, where "up" is "down" and "down" is "up". I think many people are angry and confused because what they see in their daily lives–upheaval, struggle, fear–does not match much of the rhetoric coming from the people who have their hands on […]

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   It’s nice to write about something positive: Thousands of public employees and supporters converged at a hearing at the capitol here that ran into the wee hours of Wednesday morning to voice their objection to a proposal to cut their benefits and remove most of their unions’ ability to bargain. The show of anger […]

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   You’ve heard (and, in some cases, unfortunately, been persuaded) that "generous" pensions given to public employees has caused great deficits in pensions and state budgets. It’s nonsense. And here are the facts to prove it.    The Center for Economic and Policy Research has a very important study out. It must be given wide […]

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   Every so-called "free trade" deal that has shimmied its way through Congress has been greased with legalized bribery, starting with NAFTA in 1993, which was the king of all "what will buy your vote" deals. But, the biggest scam, in my opinion, is the "retraining" workers are offered in return for…sacrificing their middle-class livelihood […]

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   It is really sad that our country has gotten to this set of choices: Senate Democratic leaders again rejected calls by House Republicans to wield a "meat ax" in proposing cuts to the federal budget, saying they supported President Barack Obama’s strategy of freezing current spending for five years.[emphasis added]    One side, the […]

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