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...]
On Online Brainstorming, Or, “Hey, Unions…Wanna Grow?”
Credit Where Credit Is Due Dept.: We're having this conversation today because of a back and forth between StratfordDem and myself over at Blue Hampshire, as I mentioned above, and the ideas that you'll hear here are hardly my own-in fact, … [Read more...]
Patrick and labor, in context
For all that's been said about Gov. Patrick and his strained relationship to labor groups, I thought I'd point out the specific points of conflict that I'm aware of:Police: He's angered police unions over paid details at … [Read more...]
Labor and Climate Change: The Legacy of Tim Costello
Talking to Labor About Climate Change: Focus on the inevitability of climate change mitigation policies and the changes they will cause. Explore the positive aspects of this change: massive new investment is needed to … [Read more...]
Hyatt Firings Aren’t Just about Hyatt
That's what just happened to Hyatt workers in Boston, as not only people in Massachusetts but around the country know by now. The governor has called the Hyatt CEO to register his concern, there's been a rally of hundreds of people and Rep. … [Read more...]
NBA Labor Problems
According to today's Boston Globe and SI.com, contract negotiations between the NBA referees' union and the NBA have broken down. A lockout appears "imminent and unavoidable" in the words of the union's chief negotiator. Back in 1995 when … [Read more...]
Labor’s Labor Day Challenge for Wal-Mart
The coalition includes: AFL-CIO, Change to Win, Sierra Club, Campaign for America's Future, National Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, National Consumers League, AFSCME, American Rights at Work, Communications Workers … [Read more...]
Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts Statement on the Death of Senator Edward Kennedy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2009 Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts Statement on the Death of United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy BOSTON - Robert B. McCarthy, President of the Professional Fire fighters of Massachusetts, … [Read more...]
Will Walmart live up to their PR on Health Care this time?
Despite all of their feel-good rhetoric, the reality is that <a href="http://blog.wakeupwalmart.com/ufcw/2009/05/walmarts_new_ad.html" target="_blank">nearly half of Walmart’s 675,000 employees – not to mention … [Read more...]
What price should workers pay to stop climate change?
And as the article points out Environmentalists have often addressed this challenge by pointing out that a transition to clean energy would create far more jobs than it would eliminate. While that may be true, it entirely misses the … [Read more...]
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