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Meister: Cindy Sheehan Knows What We Need
Znet Article, August, 16 2008
Dick Meister
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It's a given that anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is not going to win her race for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's seat in November's congressional elections. But hopefully, attention will be paid to Sheehan's platform. It spells out, with unusual cl...
Meister: America's Second-Class Workers
Znet Article, August, 02 2008
Dick Meister
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The ever-weakening economy is driving millions of Americans into the ranks of the country's highly exploited part-time workers...
Meister: Labor's Foot Soldiers
Znet Article, July, 26 2008
Dick Meister
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Organized labor is making certain Barack Obama and other Democratic candidates will have plenty of foot soldiers to help them round up votes on this year's campaign trails.
Meister: A Summer Of Deadly Heat
Znet Article, July, 21 2008
Dick Meister
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The summer heat is posing serious dangers for the farmworkers who've helped make California the nation's leading supplier of fruits and vegetables.
Meister: It's Time For Workers Of The World To Unite
Znet Article, July, 15 2008
Dick Meister
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The globalization of capital that has undermined workers everywhere finally has brought about moves for the globalization of labor. Finally, unions worldwide are seriously heeding Karl Marx' plea for workers to unite across national boundaries.
Meister: New Targets For Tomato Pickers
Znet Article, May, 31 2008
Dick Meister
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Taco Bell, McDonald's, Burger King and other fast-food restaurants have done it. Now it's time for other fast-food chains to do it. And for WalMart, Whole Foods and the other large supermarket chains to do it.
Meister: Labor's Critical Election Role
Znet Article, May, 24 2008
Dick Meister
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You might think Kucinich's advice is unnecessary since, like virtually all Republicans, McCain has never been a friend of labor - and his policies as president would most certainly not be pro-labor. They'd most likely be as anti-labor as the polic...
Meister: The Jobless Need Help - Now!
Znet Article, May, 03 2008
Dick Meister
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Even President Bush acknowledges that there are lots of Americans who can't find jobs, but says there are not enough of them to justify granting the jobless more of the unemployment benefits that have helped sustain them.
Meister: No Peace, No Work
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Dick Meister
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Organized labor is set to mark May Day - International Workers' Day - with what could be the loudest and most forceful demand yet for rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.
Meister: Tobacco’s Other Victims
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Dick Meister
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Ideally, tobacco should be outlawed. But as long as people continue to use the deadly stuff, those who harvest it for the great profit of tobacco companies deserve far better than the miserable pay and working conditions imposed on them.
Meister: Justice For Only A Penny
Znet Article, April, 23 2008
Dick Meister
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Refusing to help improve the abysmal conditions of the tomato pickers who are vital to the fast-food industry is not enough for Burger King. Now the industry giant has joined a drive to undo agreements by its major competitors to help the pickers.
Meister: The Impure Olympics
Znet Article, April, 20 2008
Dick Meister
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President Bush remains firm. He's not about to join some other world leaders who plan to boycott the opening ceremonies of this year's Olympic Games in Beijing because of China's harsh treatment of Tibet. Why, says our President, that would be a p...
Meister: The Massacre At Ludlow
Znet Article, April, 10 2008
Dick Meister
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It began at 10 o'clock on that April morning in 1914, in the southern Colorado town of Ludlow. National guardsmen, professional gunmen and others high on a hillside unleashed a deadly stream of machine-gun and rifle fire into a tent colony below ...
Meister: An Honor Long Due Cesar Chavez
Znet Article, March, 24 2008
Dick Meister
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A national holiday would be a well-deserved tribute to Latinos and organized labor...
Meister: Time To Check Those Union Cards
Znet Article, March, 18 2008
Dick Meister
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Our economy is in trouble, as former Labor Secretary Robert Reich notes, “largely because lower and middle-income workers no longer have the buying power they need to keep it going.”
Meister: A Good, Stubborn Irishman
Znet Article, March, 16 2008
Dick Meister
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He was one of the last of the old-line labor leaders who once had great influence in San Francisco and other major cities. He was Irish-Catholic, of course, a resident of the city's principal working class district, and from one of the blue-collar...
Meister: Don't Be A Marshmallow!
Znet Article, March, 13 2008
Dick Meister
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It's Women's History Month, and who better to celebrate it with than Dolores Huerta...
Meister: Unions Are Growing - Finally
Znet Article, February, 20 2008
Dick Meister
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The percentage of U.S. workers in unions actually increased last year.
Meister: If Asked, Don't Tell
Znet Article, February, 02 2008
Dick Meister
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The secret ballot. How's that for an idea? It's supposedly been a fundamental right of all citizens since the 1880s.
Meister: Porters Led The Way
Znet Article, January, 31 2008
Dick Meister
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Few of the groups that we should honor during Black History Month are more deserving than the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a pioneering union that played a key role in the winning of equal rights by African Americans.
