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Znet Article Finamore: Who Runs Egypt

Znet Article, April, 14 2012 Carl Finamore
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The military remains firmly in control, absent a well organized mass opposition of youth and workers who led the original revolt

Znet Article Finamore: “With God on Our Side”

Znet Article, March, 17 2012 Carl Finamore
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Adam Reich has written a very readable and colorful “story of worker leaders” at the largest and most prestigious hospital in the northern California town of Santa Rosa

Znet Article Finamore: Revolution & Counter Revolution in Egypt

Znet Article, February, 06 2012 Carl Finamore
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This extreme example of police misconduct only compounds broader concerns of brutality and injustice

Znet Article Finamore: Generals Still in Charge

Znet Article, January, 28 2012 Carl Finamore
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The feeling at Tahrir was one of determination, a recognition that the struggle for revolutionary change will take longer

Znet Article Finamore: Egypt Today, One Year Later

Znet Article, January, 24 2012 Carl Finamore
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Can Egypt’s youth leaders and working class create genuinely independent trade union and political organizations of the oppressed in time to effectively halt this counterrevolution?

Znet Article Finamore: Friends in High Places

Znet Article, December, 28 2011 Carl Finamore
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It is the economic establishment and their political cronies that unleashed police violence

Znet Article Finamore: Is Capitalism Losing the Debate?

Znet Article, November, 02 2011 Carl Finamore
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Millions are demanding clear explanations for the economic turmoil surrounding their lives

Znet Article Finamore: Strikes Rattle California Hospitals

Znet Article, September, 18 2011 Carl Finamore
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More than 23,000 registered nurses at 34 Northern and Central California hospitals will go out on a one-day strike on Thursday, September 22

Znet Article Finamore: Hyatt Hotel Slams Week of Strikes

Znet Article, September, 11 2011 Carl Finamore
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“After two years without a contact, workers in four cities for the first time have coordinated week-long strikes to advance the principle of solidarity”

Znet Article Finamore: 'We All Know Our Way Back to Tahrir Square'

Znet Article, February, 19 2011 Carl Finamore
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As much as the Egyptian military would like it otherwise, recent days have shown that they are a long way from exerting control over the country's affairs.

Znet Article Finamore: Hyatt Sweeps Dirty Safety Record Under the Rug

Znet Article, November, 22 2010 Carl Finamore
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The Hyatt Corporation just posted quarterly profits that jumped six hundred percent with their stock prices climbing at around the same rate.

Znet Article Finamore: Labor & Money Clash in 15 Cities

Znet Article, July, 24 2010 Carl Finamore
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Contracts expire in 2010 for 45,000 hotel workers in ten cities and, on July 22, several thousand supporters demonstrated across the U.S. and Canada.

Znet Article Finamore: Book Review: Epic Recession

Znet Article, July, 06 2010 Carl Finamore
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In the not too distant past, bankers, financiers and investors could do no wrong. They were the wizards of Wall Street, ushering in a new era of economic expansion. But by around 2006, it became very clear their magic was just an illusion. The onl...

Znet Article Finamore: National Actions against Billionaire Pritzkers

Znet Article, June, 11 2010 Carl Finamore
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Inside the plush Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago on June 9 assembled blue-chip Hyatt stockholders anxiously anticipating dividend announcements that would perhaps justify a nice evening on the town, maybe in one of the city’s acclaimed fi...

Znet Article Finamore: Book Review: War Zone in America’s Heartland

Znet Article, May, 07 2010 Carl Finamore
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Just finished reading Staley,The Fight for a New American Labor Movement by Steven K. Ashby and C.J. Hawking, University of Illinois Press, 2009. I heartily recommend it for young activists today. It is not a textbook. You are being told a story, ...

Znet Article Finamore: Airlines on Final Approach to Monopoly of the Skies

Znet Article, May, 02 2010 Carl Finamore
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The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, April 29 that United Airlines (UAL) is very likely to soon announce their merger with Continental Airlines, making it the world’s largest airline by number of passengers carried. UAL is the nation’s th...

Znet Article Finamore: No Hospitality from the Hilton

Znet Article, April, 11 2010 Carl Finamore
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Approximately 850 hotel workers in San Francisco have hit the bricks again, this time for a three-day strike against the Hilton, San Francisco’s largest hotel. Picketing began early at 4am on April 7. This is nothing new.

Znet Article Finamore: When a Union Acts like a Big Corporation

Znet Article, April, 01 2010 Carl Finamore
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A report from SEIU’s civil trial against California union reformers

Znet Article Finamore: Union Democracy on Trial

Znet Article, March, 17 2010 Carl Finamore
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Going to Court can make anyone nervous. But in civil court, where breach of contract disputes are normally settled, the stakes are not quite as high as in criminal court. You can’t be thrown in jail. That’s a plus.

Znet Article Finamore: A Progressive Tax for California

Znet Article, March, 08 2010 Carl Finamore
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Oregon voters took a huge step on January 26 to stem the $727 million state budget shortfall that would have otherwise led to massive reductions in social services and education. This was a huge about face for voters who previously the last severa...

Znet Article Finamore: Poor Karl, Still a Four-Letter Word

Znet Article, January, 21 2010 Carl Finamore
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American politics is focused almost exclusively on individuals who run for office with voters bouncing back and forth between Democrats and Republicans. The whole concept of class analysis is foreign and alien to contempory discourse. As a result,...

Znet Article Finamore: UAL Flight Attendants Rally for a Contract

Znet Article, January, 07 2010 Carl Finamore
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15,000 United Airline flight attendants gave up $3 billion dollars in concessions during the carrier's bankruptcy years. Now they aim to recover some of these losses.

Znet Article Finamore: Strikes, Boycotts & Arrests in SF Labor Dispute

Znet Article, January, 06 2010 Carl Finamore
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San Francisco Local 2, UNITE-HERE is experiencing very tough negotiations with the 61 union hotels and has already launched 3 strikes, 5 boycotts and two civil disobedience actions resulting in several hundred arrests. By the middles of 2010, ther...

Znet Article Finamore: St. Francisco Doesn't Live Up to Its Name

Znet Article, November, 18 2009 Carl Finamore
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San Francisco hotel workers conduct a 3-year strike against the famed Westin St. Francis hotel to be followed by a boycott until the 61 hotels agree to back off from demands to slash benefits and increase work loads.

Znet Article Finamore: Strike Two Against San Francisco Hotels

Znet Article, November, 10 2009 Carl Finamore
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UNITE-HERE, Local 2, represents 9000 members in San Francisco working in 61 hotels whose contracts expired in August 2009. Profitable hotels are demanding concessions, especially in health care benefits. The union is conducting a series of limited...

Znet Article Finamore: Strike One for Hotels in San Francisco

Znet Article, November, 06 2009 Carl Finamore
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San Francisco's 9000 Local 2, UNITE-HERE members started their first three-day strike at the Grand Hyatt on the same day the Pritzker-family owners made a $1 billion killing on Wall St.

Znet Article Finamore: Politicians Mangle Health Reform

Znet Article, November, 04 2009 Carl Finamore
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Commentary on Congressional health reform legislation as of November 4, 2009.

Znet Article Finamore: San Francisco Readies for Major Labor Dispute

Znet Article, October, 26 2009 Carl Finamore
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9000 San Francisco hotel workers sanctioned a strike by a 92% margin. Ready to take the streets like they did in their victorious 2004-2006 53-day strike/lockout and 2-year boycott, the union is not backing down as they face tough resistance from ...

Znet Article Finamore: Backstage at the AFL-CIO Convention

Znet Article, September, 19 2009 Carl Finamore
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Any large national convention attracting over 1000 delegates and 2000 guests like the 11.5 million-member AFL-CIO gathering in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 13-17, is necessarily well-scripted and choreographed. This is to be expected.

Znet Article Finamore: Backstage at the AFL-CIO Convention

Znet Article, September, 19 2009 Carl Finamore
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The September 13-17, 2009, AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania resulted in approved health care, immigration and other socially progressive resolutions that will give grassroots' activists the opportunity to succesffully broaden suuport...

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