Libertarian Fairy Dust: AKA Its Only Class War When Workers Fight Back
Two interesting things of note. First, this gragh from the AFL-CIO: Then this story from the NYTIMES by Steven Greenhouse: Labor’s Decline and Wage Inequality By STEVEN GREENHOUSE The decline in...
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RI Progress Report: Romney in RI and Wildfire Warnings
Mitt Romney will make his second campaign stop in the Ocean State today. The GOP presidential hopeful will be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick for what his campaign calls a Small Business Town...
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Union Objects to Taxes Funding ALEC Costs
Writing on behalf of the 80,000 members of the AFL-CIO, union leaders George Nee and Maureen Martin sent a letter to every member of the legislature asking that ALEC memberships not be funded with...
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George Nee: Real Work Gets Done In The Trenches
George Nee, president of the AFL-CIO, talks to House Speaker Gordon Fox. (Photo by Bob Plain) When most Rhode Islanders think of George Nee, president of the 80,000 member Rhode Island AFL-CIO, they...
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Remember Seth Luther
UPDATE April 29, 2013: Today is the 150th anniversary of Seth Luther’s death. Since last year’s post, records have been found locating Luther possible final resting place in Brattleboro, Vermont. A...
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Unions are not all the same
In several recent conversations about the gubernatorial race, people have talked about “the labor vote” going to this candidate or that. We often hear pundits and even reporters talking about “unions”...
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Female Republican wins AFL-CIO nod but not NOW’s
Here’s a riddle that can only be answered if you’ve been paying close attention to the mixed up world of liberal political endorsements this year: Is a Republican woman more likely to win the...
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Price Rite employees picket for the betterment of Price Rite
From left to right: Mike Araujo, new executive director of Jobs With Justice, George Nee, president RI AFL-CIO, Elizabeth Shuler, secretary AFL-CIO, Matt Taibi, Teamsters Local 251 and Paul McDonald,...
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What does Wisconsin want?
The Democratic Primary in Wisconsin has a lot on the line ideologically, and it could reverberate East. After Sanders swept six of the last seven contests, by a margins averaging about 75 percent, the...
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