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Neigh: One Day Longer? The Vale-Inco Strike Comes To A Close
Znet Article, July, 23 2010
Scott Neigh
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On July 7 and 8, 2010, striking members of United Steel Workers Local 6500 in Sudbury, Ontario, voted 75% in favor of a contract that ended a bitter strike against transnational mining giant Vale Inco. The 3300 strikers had been on the picket line...
Meister: Mooney & Billings: Framed!
Znet Article, July, 22 2010
Dick Meister
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It was an unusually hot July day in San Francisco. There was a parade on that day in 1916 – a “Preparedness Day” parade to drum up support for U.S. entry into World War I.
Early: SEIU Buys its Own Version of History
Znet Article, July, 08 2010
Steve Early
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In the last five years, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has gone from being a media darling to generating more bad press for itself than any other labor organization. Some of SEIU’s negative publicity is a product of right-wing un...
Meister: God's Not On The Side Of Union Busters
Znet Article, June, 22 2010
Dick Meister
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God may or may not be on the side of unions, but a Catholic scholars group says that being on the other side, that is being against unions, is a "grave violation" of the church's social doctrine. Opposing unions is, in fact, a mortal sin. And shou...
Goodman: Law & Order: Corporate Crime Unit
Znet Article, May, 20 2010
Amy Goodman
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“Manslaughter,” reads the United States Code, “is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice.” It goes on, “Whoever is guilty of involuntary manslaughter, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six years, or both.” I...
Pearson: Worker Self-Management Introduced in Primary Industry Companies in Guayana, Venezuela
Znet Article, May, 18 2010
Tamara Pearson
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President Hugo Chavez swore in a range of directors of state owned companies that comprise the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG). The directors were chosen by workers’ working groups and ratified by the president. Chavez also announced a ran...
Gindin: The Public Sector: Searching for a Focus
Znet Article, May, 16 2010
Sam Gindin
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As capitalism begins to emerge from the ‘Great Financial Crisis,’ there is good reason for working people to refrain from celebration. Though the roots of the crisis were in the private sector, it's clear that the bill will be primarily paid via t...
Bacon: Hundreds of Union Janitors Fired Under Pressure From Feds
Znet Article, May, 11 2010
David Bacon
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Federal immigration authorities have pressured one of San Francisco's major building service companies, ABM, into firing hundreds of its own workers. Some 475 janitors have been told that unless they can show legal immigration status, they will lo...
Fuentes: Venezuela: Workers’ control to solve power problems
Znet Article, April, 22 2010
Frederico Fuentes
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Following nation-wide assemblies involving more than 10 000 electricity workers to collectively discuss solutions to the sector's problems, 600 delegates gathered in Caracas on April 8-9. The delegates presented Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wi...
Early: Who's Going to Pay the Tab Left Behind by Andy Stern?
Znet Article, April, 17 2010
Steve Early
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Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Andy Stern was always a fan of the blogosphere. So it was quite fitting that news of his imminent departure from SEIU first appeared, earlier this week, on several blogs. Andy bid SEIU members...
Baker: Work-Sharing Could Work for Us
Znet Article, April, 08 2010
Dean Baker
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With the nation's unemployment rate still hovering close to 10% -- more than 12% in California -- and the typical unemployment spell stretching to 20 months, politicians of both parties are rightly looking for ideas to improve labor market conditi...
Chomsky: Cognitive Science & Anarchism
Znet Article, March, 28 2010
Noam Chomsky
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An interview...
Gindin: Cadillac Fairview
Znet Article, March, 21 2010
Sam Gindin
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On March 5, 2010, after a conflict that stretched over almost 9 months, the maintenance and skilled trades workers of CEP (Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada) Local 2003 (affectionately known as the CF61) working in office tower...
Davis: Labor War in the Mojave
Znet Article, March, 15 2010
Mike Davis
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The biggest hole in California, with the exception of the current state budget, is Rio Tinto's huge open-pit mine at the town of Boron, near Edwards Air Force Base, eighty miles northeast of Los Angeles.
Early: SEIUs Mega-Local Meltdown: Size Matters, But Members Matter More
Znet Article, March, 06 2010
Steve Early
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Nearly one year after Massachusetts local makeover, California follows suit
Baker: Sharing the Workload
Znet Article, March, 03 2010
Dean Baker
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Most projections now show that the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries will have extraordinarily high rates of unemployment for several years to come. While there are differences across countries, in most the unemploym...
Meister: We Need To Combat Workplace Violence
Znet Article, February, 07 2010
Dick Meister
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Organized labor and its allies are rightly alarmed over the high incidence of on-the-job accidents that have killed or maimed many thousands of workers. But they haven’t forgotten nor should we forget the on-the-job violence that also afflicts...
Early: "The End of Labor Law Reform for Another Generation?"
Znet Article, February, 01 2010
Steve Early
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Scott Brown’s January 19 defeat of Martha Coakley in the race to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat has been greeted as a “game changer†for Barack Obama and his political backers. This GOP victory has deprived Democrats of their “filibuster...
Spannos: Foundation for Classlessness
Znet Article, December, 22 2009
Chris Spannos
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While attention to class has ebbed and flowed among social movements for generations, class rule was always present and the recent economic crisis has forced it back into the spotlight. But what is class rule and why is it important?
Ehrenreich: Our Maniacal Optimism Is Ruining the World
Znet Article, December, 14 2009
Barbara Ehrenreich
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In her new book Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the origins of contemporary optimism from nineteenth-century healers to twentieth-century pushers of consumerism. She...
