UFCW and AFL-CIO: Working Together on Safety
This was interesting. Yesterday, the AFL-CIO and UFCW issued a joint press release about a victory in a long battle: the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will finally require–drumroll,...
View ArticleA Labor Department Wakes Up
Yes, there are big issues where the outcome is not clear–the Employee Free Choice Act and health care come to mind. But, this does make a difference in the day-to-day lives of workers–from The Wall...
View Article“The Soviet Union” V. “The Marketplace”: False Choices
Yes, to get back to some sane, healthy economic strategy we have to confront the Wall Street/Robert Rubins of the world, the corruption of the electoral system and a whole set of adversaries. But, I...
View ArticleMine Owners Caused Killer Blast
I saw this just now. We need to keep alive the memories of those miners who died because of greed and avarice. On the NYTimes website just now: In the first comprehensive state report on the 2010...
View ArticleUnions Stop People From Dying
The usual thing to mention when it comes to unions is how much better a union job is because of higher pay, real benefits and some security. What we often forget is how unions save lives. We take...
View ArticleEpisode 188: Corporations & the Pandemic Killing Fields; Taking A Cleaver To...
Big companies don’t give a second thought to making big profits during the COVID-19 pandemic even if that means thousands of workers—and their families—will get sick and die from the virus. Actually,...
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