Working Life

    Yes, I know, there are a lot of issues out there that need addressing but today I just want to put in a few words on Marvin Miller. For those of you less inclined to follow sports, Miller was the man who transformed the baseball players union into a real force. Granted, most people […]

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    Yes, I know, there are a lot of issues out there that need addressing but today I just want to put in a few words on Marvin Miller. For those of you less inclined to follow sports, Miller was the man who transformed the baseball players union into a real force. Granted, most people […]

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    Yours truly is headed to Bali on Wednesday as part of an international labor delegation to the United Nations climate change summit. The delegation hopes to articulate labor’s position about the threat to the planet. I can’t publish here–yet–the draft version of the statement.  But, will do so when I can and hope to […]

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    Yours truly is headed to Bali on Wednesday as part of an international labor delegation to the United Nations climate change summit. The delegation hopes to articulate labor’s position about the threat to the planet. I can’t publish here–yet–the draft version of the statement.  But, will do so when I can and hope to […]

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You may have heard rumors that the strike by the Writers Guild of America might be edging towards resolution because the big media companies had made "ground breaking" proposals. Nonsense. Here’s the real story.   The presidents of Writers Guild of America West and East released a message to its members about the real status […]

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You may have heard rumors that the strike by the Writers Guild of America might be edging towards resolution because the big media companies had made "ground breaking" proposals. Nonsense. Here’s the real story.   The presidents of Writers Guild of America West and East released a message to its members about the real status […]

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    A couple of items from the world of the Beast of Bentonville. First, turns out that the Beast is performing pretty badly when it comes to the Human Rights Campaign: The world’s largest retailer set a record this month but not one its managers are likely to be proud of. Wal-Mart has the ignominious […]

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    A couple of items from the world of the Beast of Bentonville. First, turns out that the Beast is performing pretty badly when it comes to the Human Rights Campaign: The world’s largest retailer set a record this month but not one its managers are likely to be proud of. Wal-Mart has the ignominious […]

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    From afar, meaning I’m traveling, I don’t know the exact details of the deal, but the stagehands strike is over in NYC. The New York Times reports with this lead paragraph: The league representing Broadway’s theater owners and producers and the union representing its stagehands announced a settlement last night, bringing to an end […]

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    From afar, meaning I’m traveling, I don’t know the exact details of the deal, but the stagehands strike is over in NYC. The New York Times reports with this lead paragraph: The league representing Broadway’s theater owners and producers and the union representing its stagehands announced a settlement last night, bringing to an end […]

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