March 2, 2021 New Orleans John Lewis of the United Mineworkers Union and one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the CIO behind the hyphen in the AFL-CIO, famously had scores of organizers signing up tens of thousands after the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt claiming that “The President says join …
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Walmart Losing Streak Continues, Anti-Union Store Closing Illegal in Canada
New Orleans There can’t be much joy these days in Bentonville, Arkansas, home of Walmart and its buddies. The litany of woes just keeps piling up. Five consecutive quarters of reduced financial returns has to lead the list. In the land of the 1% you can just about get away with murder if you’re making …
Republican Anti-worker Perversions in Wake of Wisconsin Anti-Union Laws
New Orleans A year ago new Governor Scott Walker led the Wisconsin legislature in a bitter, highly contentious and contested, battle to attack public employee unionization. The headlines a year later focus on labor’s efforts to recall the government. What happened to the workers in Wisconsin in the face of these new laws? Short answer: nothing …