Big companies don’t give a second thought to making big profits during the COVID-19 pandemic even if that means thousands of workers—and their families—will get sick and die from the virus. Actually, it’s a feature not a bug, no pun intended—in food processing, all those workers who make sure you get beef or chicken on […]
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Episode 188: Corporations & the Pandemic Killing Fields; Taking A Cleaver To The Pentagon Budget
Posted on 01 July 2020.
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Unions Stop People From Dying
Posted on 28 May 2011.
The usual thing to mention when it comes to unions is how much better a union job is because of higher pay, real benefits and some security. What we often forget is how unions save lives. We take for granted that when we breathe air not filled with asbestos or some other deadly […]
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Mine Owners Caused Killer Blast
Posted on 20 May 2011.
I saw this just now. We need to keep alive the memories of those miners who died because of greed and avarice. On the NYTimes website just now: In the first comprehensive state report on the 2010 coal mine disaster in West Virginia, an independent team of investigators put the blame squarely on […]
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“The Soviet Union” V. “The Marketplace”: False Choices
Posted on 05 February 2011.
Yes, to get back to some sane, healthy economic strategy we have to confront the Wall Street/Robert Rubins of the world, the corruption of the electoral system and a whole set of adversaries. But, I would put at the top of the list the false framing of the choices before us as a nation, and […]
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A Labor Department Wakes Up
Posted on 08 May 2009.
Yes, there are big issues where the outcome is not clear–the Employee Free Choice Act and health care come to mind. But, this does make a difference in the day-to-day lives of workers–from The Wall Street Journal today: Mr. Obama is asking for $13.3 billion of discretionary spending to run the Labor Department, up […]
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UFCW and AFL-CIO: Working Together on Safety
Posted on 16 November 2007.
This was interesting. Yesterday, the AFL-CIO and UFCW issued a joint press release about a victory in a long battle: the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will finally require–drumroll, please-employers to pay for safety-related materials like goggles, fire-resistant clothing, face shields, hard hats and other safety equipment. Only in America–or other societies where workers […]
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