Posted on 01 April 2020. Tags: Corona Virus, Health Care Workers, John Samuelsen, Nurses, Randi Weingarten, Transit Workers
The other night I was watching an episode of Season 3 of Ozark and there was a scene in which the mother, played by Laura Linney, walks out of a supermarket with her son, both of them pushing a shopping cart. My head went immediately to, without a thought: I hope they sanitized that bar […]
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Posted in Audio, Economy, Labor, Podcast
Posted on 23 June 2009. Tags: Class Warfare, Firefighters, New York, Pensions, Teachers, Transit Workers
The other day, I saw an amazing spectacle: a firefighter responded to a call to a burning building in New York City and, as he was dragging the fire hose to the fire, a crowd of angry people stopped him and said, "Stop. Your pension is too generous so don’t you dare put that fire […]
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Posted in General Interest
Posted on 02 October 2008. Tags: 1199, Building Trades, DC37, Labor, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Transit Workers, UFT
I am not going to say too much about whether I agree or disagree with the entirely self-serving, hypocritical, "Only I Can Save You" decision by his lordship NYC Mayor (or is that "God"?) Michael Bloomberg to reverse his position on term limits and seek a change in the law that would bar him […]
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Posted in General Interest