Seattle What is it about the rich that they can’t ever say “enough is enough?” In the contemporary battles between millionaires and billionaires over who will collect how much of the lucrative television and advertising revenues, the owners seem ready to risk everything for the odd piece of loose change just at the peak of …
Category: Labor Organizing
Labor Board Grows a Set
Seattle As union membership falls to record lows and seems now headed to only 5% of private sector density and with recent assaults on public sector unionization may be pushed below 20% density there soon as well, it is worth remembering that collective bargaining remains a clearly articulated, foundational purpose of labor law ensconced directly …
Assault on the Rights of Workers in USA and Mexico
New Orleans When I was working the streets as an organizer, and now that I’m still working the “allied trades,” my rule of thumb was that if a name was mentioned to me twice, that meant I needed to find the person, and if three times, I needed to do it immediately, to build the …