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Meister: Caring For the Elderly
Znet Article, August, 04 2011
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Hiring Home Health Care workers is becoming harder, mainly because of the poor pay and working conditions
Meister: Workers Gaining In Fight for Union Rights
Znet Article, July, 27 2011
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The labor board obviously has not been acting as an agent of unions, big or small
Meister: New Hope for Domestic Workers
Commentary, July, 24 2011
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Among other things, proponents hope to make it clear that "domestic workers are real workers, NOT powerless individuals who are expected to remain in quiet servitude
Meister: Farm Workers Need Drastic Change
Commentary, July, 07 2011
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No workers are more in need of union protection than the nation's miserably treated farm workers
Meister: Paid Sick Leave Good For Us All
Commentary, June, 26 2011
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Public health experts note that the fewer the number of workers who are able to stay at home when sick, the more likely it is that diseases will spread
Meister: Can A Woman Beat Hoffa?
Znet Article, June, 19 2011
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Like many dissident Teamsters, Sandy Pope is "sick of having a lawyer with a big name hijack our union."
Meister: The Minimum Wage is a Poverty Wage
Znet Article, June, 09 2011
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Far too many workers have no choice but to take minimum wage jobs
Meister: Unions Save Lives
Znet Article, June, 06 2011
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Workers in unionized mines are far less likely to be killed or seriously injured
Meister: Child Labor: Back to the 19th Century?
Znet Article, May, 15 2011
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People are taking seriously child labor proposals that would send us back to the 19th century
Meister: $11-Million-A-Year Bandits
Znet Article, April, 24 2011
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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has an important question for you.
Meister: Rebuilding The American Middle Class
Znet Article, April, 16 2011
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Of all the many comments, pro and con, that have been made about the widespread attempts to weaken American unions, none have been clearer or more on the mark than the words of President Bob King of the United Auto Workers Union.
Meister: Teachers Need Strong Unions
Znet Article, March, 16 2011
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Like many people, I'm sure, Washington Post writer Matt Miller is confused about, "where to come down on the question of who should 'win''" in the struggle of public employees against attempts to strip them of collective bargaining rights and othe...
Meister: MLK Was A Working-Class Hero
Commentary, January, 16 2011
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"I AM A MAN," the signs proclaimed in large, bold letters. They were held high, proudly and defiantly, by African-American men marching through the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, in the spring of 1968.
Meister: Thieving Employers Costing Us Millions
Znet Article, December, 19 2010
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There are lots of thieves in this country, as in any country. But no thieves anywhere are more blatant than the U.S. employers who steal millions of dollars from their own employees – often right out in the open, unchallenged. It's called "wage...
Meister: Investing In The Future
Znet Article, November, 23 2010
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The nation's crumbling infrastructure is in very serious need of rebuilding. There's absolutely no doubt about that.
Meister: Election Over, What Next?
Znet Article, November, 09 2010
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OK, the election is over and labor, Democrats and the other good guys came up a bit short. But what now? What next for the good guys?
Meister: Labor's Outreach
Znet Article, October, 19 2010
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Never have the nation's younger workers been more in need of unionization. And never have the nation's unions been more in need of the membership growth that recruiting younger workers can bring them.
Meister: A Trio Of Great Hispanic Leaders
Znet Article, October, 09 2010
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It's Hispanic Heritage Month, an excellent time to remember three of the most important Hispanic labor leaders in U.S. history. All three were engaged in the much needed and very tough job of organizing and improving the generally poor conditions ...
Meister: 9/11 Rescuers Need Rescuing
Znet Article, September, 20 2010
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A new AFL-CIO report shows that more than 13,000 of the truly heroic firefighters, police and other rescuers who were the first to rush to the scene of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001 are still being treate...
Meister: Labor Day Heroes
Znet Article, September, 04 2010
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Let's pause for a moment this Labor Day to recognize some of our most important, yet most maligned workers.
