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Thought provoking discussion on labor law reform at regional LRAN forum

November 18, 2013 By Rand Wilson Leave a Comment

About 35 union organizers, labor researchers and academics attended a forum to discuss "Labor Law Reform: Which Way Forward?" on Nov. 13.  The forum was held at SEIU Local 888 and was organized by a regional committee of the Labor Research … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Just Cause, labor law reform, unions, workers-rights

With new executive director, ICA is poised to invigorate coop movement

June 26, 2013 By Rand Wilson 1 Comment

I've been on the Board of Directors of the ICA Group (previously called the Industrial Cooperative Association) for many years.  Founded 35 years ago, ICA was the first national organization focused on the development and support of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: David Hammer, ICA Group, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, New Economy, worker-owned cooperatives, worker-ownership

Could “Just Cause” be the next state labor law reform?

July 15, 2012 By Rand Wilson 15 Comments

The editors of Labor Notes asked several activists to contribute articles for a special 400th issue of the magazine.  They requested we address what happened to labor—and what we should do given the spot we're in. I wrote an article … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: employee-free-choice-act, Just Cause, labor, labor law reform, unions

Boston telecom workers support Boston occupation

October 6, 2011 By Rand Wilson 1 Comment

IBEW Local 2222 members voted at their monthly meeting on Oct. 5 to support the occupations opposed to corporate greed in New York and Boston's financial districts. Labor support for the occupations has been growing.  On Oct. 4, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ibew-local-2222, labor, Occupy Boston, telecom workers, unions

Somerville jobs rally and picket line shuts down work at MaxPac

March 4, 2011 By Rand Wilson Leave a Comment

"Support from the Board of Alderman has been strong, but we have to keep the pressure on," said Jack Lister, also from Somerville and a leader of the Heat Frost & Insulators Local 6.   "We really need more local jobs," said Roger … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: jobs, maxpac, save-our-somerville, somerville, somerville-community-corp.

Verizon IBEW members travel to Wisconsin to help build solidarity

February 26, 2011 By Rand Wilson Leave a Comment

Steve "Smitty" Smith, another IBEW organizer and a retired 36-year lineman who is also on the trip wrote, "How important is Madison to me?  My mom and my dad (a retired postal worker) live very modestly on his pension. Yet they offered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: afl-cio, ibew-local-2222;-greater-boston-labor-council, solidarity, verizon, wisconsin

Labor Day thoughts (with link to commercial for working people)

September 3, 2010 By Rand Wilson Leave a Comment

Labor Day is coming up. I hope all everyone gets a chance to enjoy some time with their friends and families. This is the holiday brought to you by the labor movement. What is the labor movement? It's people just like yourself, working … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: afl-cio, labor, solidarity

Telephone workers win amendment preserving VOIP regulation

April 9, 2010 By Rand Wilson Leave a Comment

When the Commonwealth of Massachusetts put forward a new Economic Development bill, Verizon and Comcast inserted a little known provision to deregulate "Voice Over Internet Protocol" technology, often called VOIP.   VOIP is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: comcast, economic-development-bill, ibew-local-2222, senator-steven-tolman, verizon, voice-over-internet-protocol, voip

Don’t shop at Shaw’s

March 19, 2010 By Rand Wilson 10 Comments

The company's final offer would also allow for the use of outside agencies to perform work at the facility, costing union jobs.   The rally was sponsored by UFCW Local 791, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, the Greater Boston Labor Council … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: greater-boston-labor-council, jobs-with-justice, massachusetts-afl-cio, shaws-supermarket, ufcw-local-791

Corporations get bailed out, we get laid off…

September 27, 2009 By Rand Wilson 4 Comments

"Working families have been hit the hardest by this recession -- building trades, health care workers, manufacturing workers and public employees," said Robert Haynes, President of Massachusetts AFL-CIO.  "Despite signs that the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: afl-cio, jobless-recovery, jobs-with-justice, march, rally, unions, workers

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