Troublemakers Blog
August 15, 2011 /
The right-wing Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik is not a “lone madman." He can only be understood in his political context—which includes a union movement that substituted national competition for international solidarity.
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August 12, 2011 /
In a refreshingly straightforward style, Joe Burns argues persuasively that the cause of union decline is our inability to wage a successful strike. That is, one which shuts down production and compels the employer to accede to union demands.
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August 10, 2011 /
What is it like to work in an auto plant these days? The company mantra is to do more work with fewer people and less money. My co-workers are less than optimistic about winning back the concessions we all made to keep Chrysler in business.
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August 09, 2011 /
At times a P.T. Barnum-like spectacle conducted under the thumb of staff, the assembly representing the National Education Association is also an impressive demonstration of a democratic decision-making body.
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August 05, 2011 /
In a narrow vote on Tuesday, locked-out Steelworkers at the Metropolis, Illinois, uranium conversion plant accepted a contract containing a host of concessions sought by their employer for more than 13 months.
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August 03, 2011 /
About 15,000 rallied in the South Korean port city of Busan last weekend to support a woman welder whose lone sit-in atop a shipyard crane has lasted 208 days.
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August 02, 2011 / Mark Brenner
The Senate handed Republicans a complete victory this afternoon, in a crisis they manufactured, then exploited, to wring $2.1 trillion in cuts from the federal budget over the next decade.
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August 02, 2011 / Steve Early
Telephone workers at Verizon have voted to strike if no agreement is reached this weekend. But would it be wiser to stay on the job and strike selectively over grievances?
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August 01, 2011 / Mark Brenner
Sotheby’s auction house closed its doors Saturday to its 43 unionized art handlers, members of Teamsters Local 814. The lockout is its second in a decade, but this time, the union (now led by a reform slate) is ready.
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July 28, 2011 /
The attempts to crush teacher unions legislatively in Wisconsin, Indiana, and elsewhere have so far had only limited success. The enemies of teacher unions have been much more effective at weakening unions discreetly, through “education reform.”
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