Tactical Watch: A Different Drumbeat

Labor Organizing

Tactical Watch:  A Different Drumbeat             New Orleans               The New York State Court of Appeals concluded several months that the drumming being done by SEIU 32B-J on plastic containers, pots, and cans in front of the Empire State Building was neither pre-empted by federal labor law nor seemingly part of their overall free speech rights …

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Wal-Mart Merry Christmas

Community Organizing International Labor Organizing

Wal-Mart Merry Christmas             Antigua           Scrooge seems to have decided to give little Timmy a lump of coal for Christmas this year.  After multi-year, no-holds barred resistance; Wal-Mart announced they were settling more than 60 back wage and hours cases around the country for close to $400,000,000 on the bottom and perhaps more like $700M …

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Blaming the Victims

Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing

Blaming the Victims December 23, 2008                 Antigua   In the middle of gazillion dollar bailouts and bonuses for banks and newbies that became banks to get bailouts, there is an unreality to the hate patrol trashing autoworkers compared to the tut-tutting that accompanies the payment of Wall Street bonuses in millions for a job …

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