What’s a worker’s life worth? To you and me, it’s priceless. Capitalism, though, doesn’t see it that way—a worker’s life is a cost of doing business, a life easily disposable when it comes to making profits. And the corporate world has an accomplice in this immoral scam where workers are disposable: the Occupational Safety and […]
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Episode 199: We Have A Price For A Worker’s Life: A Few Thousand Bucks; COVID-19 Dangers For Building Workers
Posted on 16 September 2020.
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A Good Deal for Building Workers
Posted on 01 January 2008.
An end of the year piece of good news happened over the weekend–from the announcement by 32BJ in NYC: The Local 32BJ Bargaining Committee announced on December 29th a tentative agreement on a new $6.8 billion contract for 26,000 commercial property service workers in New York City that provides more than 16% in pay […]
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A Good Deal for Building Workers
Posted on 01 January 2008.
An end of the year piece of good news happened over the weekend–from the announcement by 32BJ in NYC: The Local 32BJ Bargaining Committee announced on December 29th a tentative agreement on a new $6.8 billion contract for 26,000 commercial property service workers in New York City that provides more than 16% in pay […]
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A Damn Good Victory–Something To Celebrate
Posted on 19 October 2007.
Now, I like this and I get to write about this on my birthday, too. SEIU managed to reach a deal in Philadelphia that…are you ready for this?…increases the health benefits for its members. Most of the time, we read about health care givebacks–health care is always the big issue and has been for […]
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