Once upon a time, if you got a job that lasted a long time, you’d be a permanent worker, maybe after a short probationary period. Not so much anymore with the plague forcing people to take “temp” jobs—the kind of job that is increasing in the past few years, outpacing full-time permanent work, and also […]
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Episode 147: Temp Work Is All The Rage; Coal Miners & The Green New Deal
Posted on 11 September 2019.
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Episode 146: Union Embraces Bernie & Green New Deal; Social Security Attacked—Again!
Posted on 04 September 2019.
Back in the first half of the 20th Century, there was a big vibrant union, the United Electrical Workers, the UE. It had 100,000s of members—until the McCarthy era anti-communist hysteria swept the country, triggering eviscerating attacks against the UE by the government, companies and other labor unions. Today, the union is still one of […]
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