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Finamore: Who Runs Egypt
Znet Article, April, 14 2012
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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
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
Finamore: Revolution & Counter Revolution in Egypt
Znet Article, February, 06 2012
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This extreme example of police misconduct only compounds broader concerns of brutality and injustice
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
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?
Finamore: Friends in High Places
Znet Article, December, 28 2011
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It is the economic establishment and their political cronies that unleashed police violence
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
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
Finamore: Hyatt Hotel Slams Week of Strikes
Znet Article, September, 11 2011
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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”
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.
Finamore: Hyatt Sweeps Dirty Safety Record Under the Rug
Znet Article, November, 22 2010
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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.
Finamore: Labor & Money Clash in 15 Cities
Znet Article, July, 24 2010
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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.
Finamore: Book Review: Epic Recession
Znet Article, July, 06 2010
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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...
Finamore: National Actions against Billionaire Pritzkers
Znet Article, June, 11 2010
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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...
Finamore: Book Review: War Zone in America’s Heartland
Znet Article, May, 07 2010
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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, ...
Finamore: Airlines on Final Approach to Monopoly of the Skies
Znet Article, May, 02 2010
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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...
Finamore: No Hospitality from the Hilton
Znet Article, April, 11 2010
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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.
Finamore: When a Union Acts like a Big Corporation
Znet Article, April, 01 2010
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A report from SEIU’s civil trial against California union reformers
Finamore: Union Democracy on Trial
Znet Article, March, 17 2010
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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.
Finamore: A Progressive Tax for California
Znet Article, March, 08 2010
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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...
Finamore: Poor Karl, Still a Four-Letter Word
Znet Article, January, 21 2010
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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,...
Finamore: UAL Flight Attendants Rally for a Contract
Znet Article, January, 07 2010
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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.
Finamore: Strikes, Boycotts & Arrests in SF Labor Dispute
Znet Article, January, 06 2010
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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...
Finamore: St. Francisco Doesn't Live Up to Its Name
Znet Article, November, 18 2009
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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.
Finamore: Strike Two Against San Francisco Hotels
Znet Article, November, 10 2009
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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...
Finamore: Strike One for Hotels in San Francisco
Znet Article, November, 06 2009
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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.
Finamore: Politicians Mangle Health Reform
Znet Article, November, 04 2009
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Commentary on Congressional health reform legislation as of November 4, 2009.
Finamore: San Francisco Readies for Major Labor Dispute
Znet Article, October, 26 2009
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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 ...
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.
Finamore: Backstage at the AFL-CIO Convention
Znet Article, September, 19 2009
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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...


