ALEC Anti-Public Worker Union Strategy Gaining Steam in the South

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Little Rock      The ALEC/Koch Brothers strategy to defund public worker labor unions throughout the country continues to sprout up in southern and southwestern states even while the headlines focus on the assault in  the Midwest.  Bills to curtail or deny payroll deductions for public worker unions have emerged front and center in a number states …

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Waffle House, Roadie, and, Hey, Organizer, Are You Going My Way?

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New Orleans         I’m not an Uber-fan.  Cabdrivers have a rough road to travel and city regulations protect their safety and the passengers, so what Uber calls “disruption,” looks a lot like another corporate scam on workers and their communities.  On the other hand, I’m no fool.  And, when it looked impossible to catch a cab …

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Duplicate Dues Enrollment Should be Standard Operating Procedure

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Little Rock   Reading about the second battle of Wisconsin between labor and Governor Scott Walker and his Republican colleagues, who four years ago stripped public workers’ unions in that state of the ability to collect agency fees or “fair share” payments in lieu of dues for representation, it seems they are making short work of …

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