New Orleans The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) took a step that might be small, but at least seems in the right direction. They have solicited legal briefs, and no doubt there will be many from both the union and management side of the bar, on the question of dues or fee obligations for nonmembers …
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ALEC Anti-Public Worker Union Strategy Gaining Steam in the South
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 …
John Sayles and “Amigo” Doing it His Way
New Orleans John Sayles is a filmmaker with some skills and some politics. I had read his book, Union Dues, and his famous short story about the Anarchist Convention years ago and like them. I had watched some of his historical dramas like Matewan, a great movie about a rough coal strike, Lone Star with …