Aug. 4 marks the 10 year anniversary of the start of the UPS strike! Watch this short inspiring YouTube video about the campaign by UPS Teamsters to win a good contract. The basic lessons of the UPS contract campaign and strike … [Read more...]
Boycott Enterprise Rent-A-Car!
Pictures of a rally to kick off the boycott can be seen at: http://picasaweb.goo...You can help promote the boycott using myspace at: http://myspace.com/b... Read Boston Globe and Boston Herald coverage of Enterprise workers' call for … [Read more...]
Kennedy’s Immigration Bill A Lose-Lose for American Workers AND Immigrants
Sen. Kennedy has done some great things in his career, but this Senate Immigration package is a cut and paste that is now so flawed that there is something in it for just about anyone to hate. American workers?especially American … [Read more...]
AFL-CIO backs Medicare for All!
In a major step forward for the health care reform movement, the AFL-CIO is supporting improving and expanding Medicare to cover everyone. The federation's Executive Council issued the statement on March 6 at its annual meeting. … [Read more...]
Ever wonder how unions get started? Most people have no idea.
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Thursday on the Employee Free Choice Act - the most important legislation in 70 years to ensure workers' freedom to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions.Most people have no … [Read more...]
Guerrilla Vlogger: Booted at YouTube, the agony…
Update: I'll be vlogging the Edwards gig back in Portsmouth tomorrow so look for my vlog on the Town Hall event here in the next couple of days if you can't get up to see it. And as far as reposting, I won't be doing that here at BMG, this … [Read more...]
On Teachers and Teachers Unions
Many people believe that the main function of teachers unions is to protect those teachers that are minimally competent or outright incompetent. In my experience, this just isn't the case. When I started out teaching, I was … [Read more...]
Romney submits the Community College paperwork
Following up on my previous post, just got word that Mitt Romney has now submitted the paperwork to move forward on funding the MCCC contract with the Community Colleges. Last I heard, at least one campus had voted to go on Work To … [Read more...]
Romney screws the community colleges
I hope people here at BMG will support the MCCC union, and speak out against what Romney has done to us. Last time he failed to fund a negotiated contract, he said it was because it had been negotiated under the previous … [Read more...]
Union Friday Returns!
The biggest news is the terrible Kentucky River decision from the NLRB. In this decision, issued on September 29 and released Oct. 3, the NLRB ruled that employees who spend as little as 10 - 15% of their time overseeing other … [Read more...]
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