Posted on 18 April 2018. Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Flight Attendants, Guatemala, Honduras, Jet Blue, Taxes, TWU
You may remember that last month I did a curtain-raiser on the Jet Blue flight attendants’ union organizing campaign vote (Episode 74). Yesterday, the vote came in—and the workers crushed it, winning by a 2-1 margin. You get to hear first-hand from three front-line flight attendant activists how it all came down. I also talk […]
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Posted in Audio, Current Events, Economy, Labor, Podcast, Politics
Posted on 24 July 2009. Tags: "Free Trade", CAFTA, exploitation, Guatemala
On some things, I would rather be proven wrong. I would rather be told, "you see, these trade deals did their job when they passed and promised to protect labor rights in other countries where union organizers and leaders have been regularly killed and threatened…life has so improved for labor". Then, I would admit […]
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Posted in General Interest