tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57985282009-02-22T18:45:06.498-05:00They Call Us Troublemakersand we wear it as a badge of honorMarknoreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1089057683665617952004-07-05T16:01:00.000-04:002004-07-05T16:01:23.666-04:00Eric Lee: Timely, relevant content key to website success Union website successMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1082602051630121752004-04-21T22:47:00.000-04:002004-04-21T22:50:29.793-04:00David Grenier: Million worker marchMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1082595395874850332004-04-21T20:56:00.000-04:002004-04-21T20:59:33.843-04:00the alternate patriot: "Auto Workers Region 9A took its boycott of Boston Market to Manhattan's 23rd Street on Feb. 14. The union set up an informational picket line at a branch of the restaurant chain to educate people about its three-year campaign to organize Chef Solutions, a 170-worker bakery in North Haven, Conn. Boston Market is one of the bakery's customers. Lufthansa Airline, the bakery'sMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1081545849911133482004-04-09T17:24:00.000-04:002004-04-09T17:26:56.420-04:00AUT - the higher education union: "FAQ: Action short of a strike"Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1081545653212063112004-04-09T17:20:00.000-04:002004-04-09T17:23:39.436-04:00669 Roaddogs:"The undemocratic, authoritarian features are simply convenient devices to permit the officialdom to avoid the annoying necessity of consulting the membership."Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1081066825195294412004-04-04T04:20:00.000-04:002004-04-04T04:23:05.856-04:00Boing Boing: Digital timeclocks being doctored by chain-store managers: "Managers at chain stores across America are protecting their bottom-line-dependant jobs by secretly changing timeclock records, so that their workers aren't paid for their time."Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1081047758788372042004-04-03T22:02:00.001-05:002004-04-03T22:05:19.483-05:00Dissent Magazine - Winter 2004: "Despite popular impressions and dinner-table gossip, the problems of our schools, and above all of 'school reform,' are not the result of unions."Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1081047728165535472004-04-03T22:02:00.000-05:002004-04-03T22:04:48.873-05:00WorkingUSA.org: "To increase density in the private sector, unions should explore a form of unionization that is open to nonmajority memberships. This form—which the authors call “open source” unionism—would make extensive use of the Internet to deliver individual services to workers. This article describes current union activity heading in this general direction. It assesses the legal and Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1080583969954589892004-03-29T13:12:00.000-05:002004-03-29T13:15:25.106-05:00TC Metro: " Beginning March 1st, Twin Cities Metro Transit bus driver, Jim Jeffries, provides a daily journal of commentary concerning the bus driver strike and need for community support. Also includes an easy way to message elected representatives."Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1080582364092549422004-03-29T12:46:00.000-05:002004-03-29T13:16:07.263-05:00Strike! Metro Transit Strike Blog : Cool another use of a weblog for creating your own media!Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1080558150591094372004-03-29T06:02:00.000-05:002004-03-29T06:05:05.590-05:00CivicActions: Claremont Resort Boycott: This is the first account I have seen of a labor group using wiki in its outreach! cool.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1079802315511879922004-03-20T12:05:00.000-05:002004-03-20T12:07:41.763-05:00Online Rights Survey 2004 [LabourStart]Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1079646320276413922004-03-18T16:45:00.000-05:002004-03-18T16:47:44.343-05:00Philly.com - Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes: "Philadelphia proved a little too real for The Real World."Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1078992241559730122004-03-11T03:04:00.000-05:002004-03-11T03:06:18.450-05:00Grocery Feature:"Despite these enormous hardships, very very few allowed themselves to be starved into returning to work. It must be said at this point that their resolve and determination was not matched by the union leadership - both that of the UFCW as well as the rest of the AFL-CIO.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1078991957424935632004-03-11T02:59:00.000-05:002004-03-11T03:01:33.576-05:00Lee Sustar: Labor's State of Emergency: "A sense of emergency pervades the U.S. labor movement. Scattered organizing successes haven't compensated for job losses due to plant closures and restructuring."Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1078188242139610932004-03-01T19:44:00.000-05:002004-03-01T19:46:09.186-05:00APP.COM - Day laborers group pledges support to Freehold's work force: This is hot!Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1078183506920035922004-03-01T18:25:00.000-05:002004-03-01T18:27:14.153-05:00Making Profits Cannot Be an End in ItselfMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1078040367101357792004-02-29T02:39:00.000-05:002004-02-29T02:41:32.496-05:00eXile - Issue #184 - Feature Story - Solidarity Forever! - By Jake Rudnitsky "Still, there are two significant ways in which the closing will be felt. First, the center was the only AFL-CIO office in Russia. As such, it was in a position to draw international attention to the problems of Russian workers and maintain a level of international dialogue that certainly will be much reduced."Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1075287072698709162004-01-28T05:51:00.000-05:002004-01-28T05:52:45.966-05:00We need some kind sole out there to make a web tag, like the Borders one. Boycott KrogersMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1075264653693950472004-01-27T23:37:00.000-05:002004-01-27T23:39:06.903-05:00"No one can live on $206 a week. And they shouldn't have to. Raising the minimum wage might boost the price of a hamburger by a few cents, but it's worth it. Because it also makes it easier for working families to pay for rent, food, health care and child care. Cut through the rhetoric from the Wal-Marts and the McDonalds', and it's really simple: a raise in the minimum wage is good for everybodyMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1075262181771502812004-01-27T22:56:00.000-05:002004-01-27T22:57:54.700-05:00"For those of you interested in union democracy/causing trouble from within: IUOE Local 12 Rank and File Caucus My Uncle Bob--who some of you met this past summer--is trying to get a caucus going in his IUOE local. Check out his site (includes firey editorial!) and please pass the link on to anyone you know who is interested in union reform or IUOE. Dan "Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1074202186129638712004-01-15T16:29:00.000-05:002004-01-15T16:31:07.233-05:00"A year and 50 days after going on strike when Northern Michigan Hospital management refused to bargain in good faith, 250 nurses continue to picket the Petoskey medical buildings. Progress of negotiating sessions stalled in the weeks leading up to the strike, with the hospital refusing to adequately address issues brought forth by the nurses such as wages, pensions, union security, working Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1074199533646824772004-01-15T15:45:00.000-05:002004-01-15T15:46:54.496-05:00"269 workers (209 women and 60 men) arrested after walking out of abusive working conditions and seeking refuge in local temple" No SweatMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1074198417709956222004-01-15T15:26:00.000-05:002004-01-15T15:28:19.670-05:00"On December 30, at 9:30 a.m., Martin Barrios, Coordinator of the Human and Labour Rights Commission of the Tehuacan Valley was attacked and brutally beaten by an unknown assailant." No SweatMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798528.post-1073517327149545292004-01-07T18:15:00.000-05:002004-01-07T18:16:40.610-05:00These workers, mostly Mexicans, contend they were fired and locked out by the company because of concerted activities and unsafe conditions. The Co-Op miners allege: # Most immigrant workers at the mine earn only between $5.25 and $7 an hour; # Most workers lack medical insurance and retirement benefits; # Miners are forced to work under unsafe conditions in violation of Mine Safety & Health Marknoreply@blogger.com