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Znet Article Meister: We Owe Much To Cesar Chavez

Znet Article, April, 03 2013 Dick Meister
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Congress should finally extend to all Americans the basic right of unionization that Cesar Chavez spent his life seeking and defending

Znet Article Meister: Honor A Legendary Organizer

Znet Article, February, 22 2013 Dick Meister
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For more than a half-century Fred Ross was among the most influential, skilled, dedicated and successful of the community organizers

Znet Article Meister: The Pioneering Black Porters

Znet Article, February, 10 2013 Dick Meister
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The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is one of the most important yet too often overlooked leaders in the long struggle for racial equality and union rights

Znet Article Meister: Michigan Is Just The Beginning

Znet Article, December, 20 2012 Dick Meister
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Be alert, American workers: The passage of right-to-work legislation in Michigan means serious trouble for unions and their supporters everywhere

Znet Article Meister: Home Care Workers Need Presidential Help

Znet Article, December, 17 2012 Dick Meister
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Extending the federal minimum wage and overtime protections to the workers would be a first important step to improving quality within the home care industry

Znet Article Meister: A Free Choice For U.S. Workers

Znet Article, December, 01 2012 Dick Meister
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EFCA would give U.S. workers the unfettered right to unionization

Znet Article Meister: Labor's Big Day

Znet Article, November, 17 2012 Dick Meister
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Unions played a major role in helping groups fighting voter suppression in Ohio and elsewhere

Znet Article Meister: We All Need A Higher Minimum Wage

Znet Article, November, 10 2012 Dick Meister
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About four million workers have been living in poverty or near-poverty at the current minimum of $7.25 an hour

Znet Article Meister: Labor's Major Election Challenge

Znet Article, October, 30 2012 Dick Meister
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Passage of the major anti-union measures on California's ballot would most certainly trigger moves to enact similar measures nationwide

Znet Article Meister: Missing A Vital Election Issue

Znet Article, October, 20 2012 Dick Meister
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Repeal the Taft-Hartley Act! That's a cry working people and their unions very much need to hear

Znet Article Meister: Stalking and Killing For Sport

Znet Article, September, 30 2012 Dick Meister
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More than 20 million Americans are searching the countryside for winged and four-legged victims

Znet Article Meister: Let's Count Our Blessings On Labor Day

Znet Article, August, 29 2012 Dick Meister
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Labor Day should cause us to reflect on the labor movement's organizing of workers to win economic and political strength

Znet Article Meister: Green Is Good For Us All

Znet Article, August, 25 2012 Dick Meister
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Millions of American workers badly need jobs, and the owners of many thousands of commercial buildings badly need "green retrofitting"

Znet Article Meister: The Billionaires Bill Of Rights

Znet Article, August, 18 2012 Dick Meister
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Proposition 32 would only limit the spending of unions, while leaving corporations and other moneyed special interests free to spend as much as they like

Znet Article Meister: Obama Needs Labor – Again

Znet Article, August, 11 2012 Dick Meister
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. One-fifth of all voters that year were union members or in union households, and fully two-thirds of them supported Obama

Znet Article Meister: A Sure Path to Economic Health

Znet Article, July, 21 2012 Dick Meister
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It's way past time to raise the pitifully low federal minimum wage

Znet Article Meister: Labor and the New Media

Znet Article, July, 14 2012 Dick Meister
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The coming of the Internet has had a profound impact on media coverage of working people and their unions

Znet Article Meister: Good News – And Bad – About Jobs

Znet Article, June, 29 2012 Dick Meister
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Unemployment among public employees has been growing – and with it a decline in vital government services

Znet Article Meister: Want Better Health? Join A Union, Says Mom

Znet Article, June, 23 2012 Dick Meister
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A Duke Uniersity study showed that many more unionized workers who consider themselves healthy than there are non-union workers who say they're healthy

Znet Article Meister: Dolores Huerta Merits Our Highest Honor

Znet Article, June, 16 2012 Dick Meister
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Dolores Huerta, now a vibrant 80 years old, has had a remarkable career spanning more than a half-century

Znet Article Meister: Walker Won In Wisconsin, But So Did Labor

Znet Article, June, 09 2012 Dick Meister
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Although not victorious, labor waged an extraordinary campaign that laid the groundwork for future campaigns

Znet Article Meister: Two Big Tests For Labor

Znet Article, June, 02 2012 Dick Meister
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Labor needs victories in Arizona and Wisconsin to help protect unions, their members and many others from attempts to weaken their rights

Znet Article Meister: Make It A Truly Happy Graduation Day

Znet Article, May, 26 2012 Dick Meister
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A new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows that recent graduates are generally having problems with the job market

Znet Article Meister: Needed: Another Presidential Step Against Anti-Gay Bias

Znet Article, May, 19 2012 Dick Meister
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President Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage should be only the first of his key acts in behalf of gay Americans

Znet Article Meister: Union Rights Are Civil Rights

Znet Article, May, 13 2012 Dick Meister
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Some employers have now taken the outrageous step of trying to keep employees from even knowing of their legal right to unionization

Znet Article Meister: Only We Can Save The Children

Znet Article, April, 29 2012 Dick Meister
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You can be sure that if we don't act, no one else will. Only we can save the children

Znet Article Meister: Fair Trade? Not With Colombia

Znet Article, April, 21 2012 Dick Meister
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Two-dozen Colombian labor leaders and organizers were killed during the past year

Znet Article Meister: The Obvious Solution to Our Social Security Problem

Znet Article, April, 15 2012 Dick Meister
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Guaranteeing America's working people a decent retirement has become increasingly difficult

Znet Article Meister: The Temples of Baseball

Znet Article, April, 06 2012 Dick Meister
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To most people, baseball is merely a game. But to some others, it's virtually a religion, a game played in temples

Znet Article Meister: Cesar Chavez: A True American Hero

Znet Article, March, 30 2012 Dick Meister
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Cesar Chavez Day should remind us of the continuing need to take forceful legal steps and other action in behalf of farm workers

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