March 25, 2021 Little Rock The Amazon warehouse election that is voting by mail ballots now in Bessemer, Alabama has brought a lot of attention to the labor movement, its current standing and future prospects. President Biden stepped up front to support workers’ rights to organize and the value of union membership and on-the-job protection, …
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Pro-Labor are not the Same as Pro-Union Policies
https://acornradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ww06292018.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans To have a number of Democratic candidates for President full-throatily espousing policies that seem to favor labor is so rare that it earned a headline in the New York Times saying, “Democrats Grow Bolder With Pro-Labor Policies.” Hey, that’s got to be good news …
Great Union Organizing Songs for Labor Day
New Orleans There used to be a bumper sticker saying “Unions: The People Who Brought You Vacation.” Unions definitely brought us all Labor Day. There were years of giant parades, now largely in the United States something for San Francisco, Chicago, and maybe New York City, while the rest of the world celebrates May Day …