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  • Building Fortresses or Tearing Down Walls? Thoughts on “Fortress Unionism”


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    by Street Heat Rather than scaling back and holing up in our strongholds as advocated in Rich Yeselon’s “ Fortress Unionism “, labor should be focused on tearing down the barriers obstructing workers ability to organize in whatever form that is. Rather than curling up in the fetal position hoping to survive ...
    4 days ago

  • Can Unions Prevent Austerity from Killing Off the Middle Class?


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    by Gregory N, Heries The AFL-CIO promises a wide-ranging and open discussion about the future of the labor movement at its convention in September. With private-sector union representation approaching 5 percent of the labor force and public employee unions targeted by right-wing governors, the timing couldn’t ...
    5 days ago

  • Labor group asks bishop to talk gay rights in the wake of teachers firing


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    Pride@Work, a group tied to the AFL-CIO, has joined the effort to get Carla Hale rehired by Ohios Bishop Watterson High School, which fired her after her mothers obituary named her female partner . Pride@Work and #halestormOhio are asking the Catholic bishop of Columbus to join a discussion on gay rights in the ...
    6 days ago

  • Tell the AFL-CIO: How Can We Raise Awareness About the Need to Improve Wages and Working Conditions?


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    Join Saru Jayaraman on Wednesday, June 12, from 2–3 p.m. EDT for  the sixth in the AFL-CIO series of live online discussions on how we build a movement for the future of working people . Jayaraman, co-founder and co-director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC) —and the AFL-CIO—want to hear ...
    1 week ago

  • Oregon Organizing Project: Union Cooperation Means Workers Win


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    by Mike Hall After watching the continued decline in the number of Oregon workers winning a voice at work, the Oregon AFL-CIO “decided to do something different,” says state federation President Tom Chamberlain. That something different was unions working together. Since late 2011, Oregon unions have been ...
    1 week ago

  • WTU 2013 Election- The Best Kept Secret in Town!!!


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    WTUs Secret 2013 Election By Candi Peterson Vote Davis Slate for WTU   Liz Davis /Candi Peterson WTU Can Be Better! The recent Washington Teachers Union (WTU)  2013 presidential election was the best kept secret in town. The current Teachers union president, Saunders kept our union elections ...
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  • Democracy: The Only Threat to the TPP


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    The Trans-Pacific Partnership is an international trade agreement that would allow corporations operating in any country to appeal to a global tribunal to sue governments for financial “damages” wrought by laws that regulate the firms’ activities. Related Entries May 17, 2013 Recurring Nightmares? Wake Up ...
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  • Banks Consider Natural Capital Risks


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    The Natural Capital Declaration — signed by the Rabobank Group, PaxWorld Management and about three dozen other financial institutions at last summer’s Rio+20 Earth Summit — has entered a new phase during which signatories will set about implementing the commitments laid out in the NCD. Four working groups, led ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Tell the AFL-CIO: Do Unions Need to Change Their Organizational Structure to Mobilize Workers for Large-Scale Initiatives?


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    Jackie Tortora Join David Moberg on Tuesday, June 4, 3–4 p.m. EDT for  the fifth in the AFL-CIO series of live online discussions on how we build a movement for the future of working people . Moberg, senior editor at In These Times—and the AFL-CIO—want to hear your ideas on new ways the labor movement ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Looking Forward: New Directions and Strategies for Labor


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    Elaine Bernard DSA Vice-Chair During its 2013 annual conference in New York City, the Labor and Working Class History Association is hosting two important public forums.  On Saturday, the closing plenary will focus on “New Directions and Strategies for Labor.” Looking Forward: New Directions and Strategies ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Workin The Wall Street Speculation Tax - June 10th Webinar


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    A WALL STREET SPECULATION TAX: A Tool for Financial Stability & Economic Recovery Webinar Briefing Sponsored by: AFL-CIO  |  Americans for Financial Reform  |  Center for Economic and Policy Research  |  Communications Workers of America  |  The Main Street Alliance  |  Public Citizen ...
    2 weeks ago

  • We All Suffer from the Absence of a Strong Labor Movement


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    Oren Levin -Waldman by Oren Levin-Waldman Several years ago, one of the biggest events in labor history occurred when the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Teamsters decided it was time to withdraw from the AFL-CIO and form a new council. Others, like the United Food and Commercial Workers, ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Labor Unions Call On NY Legislators To Pass Transgender Protections


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    The clock is ticking in Albany, and the New York State Senate still hasn’t gotten around to a vote on the Gender Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which would extend antidiscrimination protections to transgendered people. Now a coalition of powerful labor unions are adding their voices to up pressure for the passage ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Union Analysis: Senate Pension Reform Plan Saves More Than House Plan


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    A study by the We Are One Illinois coalition shows that if half of employees and retirees choose to forgo post-career health insurance as part of Senate President John Cullertons proposal, the states debt to two health insurance programs would be cut in half, by $26 billion.
    2 weeks ago

  • Gov. O’Malley: ‘Trickle-Down Politics’ Of The GOP Has Failed ’99 Percent Of Americans’


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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley says “trickle-down politics” of the Republican party are primarily to blame for the nation’s economic troubles. But O’Malley, a potential Democratic presidential contender in 2016, also says his party deserves some blame for going along with what he calls ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Unions unite to call for US-EU trade deal to benefit workers


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    This week trade union confederations in Europe (ETUC) and the USA (AFL-CIO) officially kicked off a joint campaign to press for workers’ rights and progressive economic policies to be a core part US-EU trade deal (or Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to use its marvellously uncatchy official title ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Push Back Against Koch Brothers Potential Tribune Purchase Continues With National Day Of Action (VIDEO)


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    Protesters are ramping up advocacy against the potential sale of all or some of the Tribune Company to the conservative billionaire Koch brothers with a nationwide day of action. Meanwhile, the number of signatures on various  online petitions  has risen to more than 500,000. “We will not sell our freedom of ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Obama’s NLRB Nominees Get Support From The Usual Suspects…And A Few Unlikely Ones Too


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    The Obama Administration, Senate Democrats and their union handlers must be concerned about the Supreme Court’s hearing the issue of Obama’s “recess” appointments at the National Labor Relations Board. Frankly, based on the amount of disingenuous hyperbole being generated by left-wing union bosses and their ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Bob Feldman : Regressive Taxation and Limited Unionization in Texas, 1996-2011


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    Staff and supporters of Texas Workers Defense Project perform at Texas state Capitor inside Capitol at event commemorating Texas workers who have died on the job. Photo by  Jason Cato / Workers Defense Project. Image from the Texas Observer.The hidden history of TexasConclusion: 1996-2011/2 -- Regressive taxation ...
    3 weeks ago

  • New Ways to Organize? Join the Discussion


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    by Mike Hall Join Harold Meyerson on Wednesday from 1–2 p.m. EDT for the fourth in the AFL-CIO series of live online discussions on how we build a movement for the future of working people . Meyerson, editor-at-large of The American Prospect and an op-ed columnist—and the AFL-CIO—want to hear your ...
    3 weeks ago

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