Posted on May 7, 2009 by adamfreedom
Once again San Jose led the Bay Area with the largest protest in Northern California for May 1, 2009. While poor weather and swine flu scares turned many would-be marches away, many saw this years May Day immigrant rights march as the most spirited and significant since the massive march of 2006 when nearly [...]
Filed under: Humor, Labor, Reflection, The Movement, organizing | Tagged: Central Valley, comics, foreclosure, immigrant rights, Immigration movement, international workers day, La Cancion del Gripe Marrano, Labor, May Day, Obama, Repo Home Tour, San Jose, Silicon Valley De-Bug, Stockton, swine flu, Swine wow, workers | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 2, 2009 by adamfreedom
UPDATED and EXPANDED May 6, 2009. Below is a rough outline of the US labor movement that I created as part of a presentation. I’m attempting to periodize by decade, important organizations and broad trends. A particular focus I attempt to also give is looking at the changing relationship of the left within the labor movement. -AW
Outline of US [...]
Filed under: Labor, Left Organizations, The Movement, the left | Tagged: AFL, AFL-CIO, Andy Stern, Change to Win, CIO, IWW, John Sweeny, Knights of Labor, Labor, labor history, unions | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 21, 2008 by adamfreedom
I love Lynd’s radical and critical perspective on the proposals that people are floating for the labor movement. On reform efforts he says: “Current efforts to revive the labor movement in the U.S. define their objectives so narrowly, that even if successful, they would not change anything fundamental.” Beautiful!
The 2nd half gets into debates on [...]
Filed under: Labor, The Movement, Theory | Tagged: card check election, card-check voting, Labor, Staughton Lynd, Taft-Hartley, union reform | 2 Comments »
