Posted on June 11, 2009 by adamfreedom
The labor movement and criticism are certainly two things that are not usually found together. On the level of day-today functioning the internal culture of many leading US mainstream unions perhaps share a fair amount in common with the military or a centralized political party– where participants are expected to “toe the line” on key issues, and most forms [...]
Filed under: Labor | Tagged: HERE, HERE-UNITE, labor unions, Michael D. Yates, Monthly Review, SEIU, Solidarity Divided, split in labor, UFW, unions, UNITE, Workers United | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 27, 2009 by adamfreedom
Yet again May Day quickly approaches. Since 2006 the immigrant rights marches- made up of millions of undocumented migrant workers along with their supporters, families and children- has brought back May 1st to its original roots in the US. But many are still unaware of its origins in US labor history and the impact [...]
Filed under: Anarchism, Article Repost, Labor | Tagged: Anarchism, Haymarket Martyrs, immigrant rights, international workers day, labor unions, labour, May 1st, May Day, May First, unions | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 3, 2009 by adamfreedom
An inspiring piece celebrating the victory and signifigance of the Chicago Republic Window and Door factory occupation in late 2008. -AW
The Spark We Need – The Chicago Sit-Down Strike
By Daniel Gross- Counterpunch, December 8, 2008
The corporations got sloppy. From the hedge-fund parasites to the housing market fraudsters, the corporate criminals have shown their hand. [...]
Filed under: Article Repost, Labor, The Movement | Tagged: republic windows and doors, ue, unions, worker occupation | Leave a 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 March 22, 2009 by adamfreedom
Imagine if you worked for a huge corporation making crumbs and you had the chance to confront the CEO of your company? What would you say to the man in charge who had been thwarting your every attempt to organize a union to demand better pay and justice on the job?
Well one member of [...]
Filed under: Labor, The Movement | Tagged: CEO, IWW, labor organizing, service industry, Starbucks, unions | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 17, 2009 by adamfreedom
In celebrating the spiffy, new look, Machete408 brings you this agitational piece writen by a leader in the national messenger industry organizing campaign of the IWW…. “Todo el poder al pueblo” -AW
Recession: Time to Organize
by Mykke Holcomb, IWW
We started this year in the middle of the hardest economic times we’ve seen in decades. The real estate [...]
Filed under: Article Repost, Labor, The Movement | Tagged: organize, Recession, unions | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 17, 2009 by adamfreedom
Know the Union, Hear the Union, See the Union
Appeared in Indusrial Worker, December 2008
By Adam W.
On a 100 degree summer day I was in Stockton, at the Sikh temple meeting room. A middle aged trucker with a long, flowy beard asked me “How do we show the other drivers who weren’t at our meeting [...]
Filed under: Labor, The Movement | Tagged: organizing, Solidarity Unionism, union organizing, unions | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 8, 2009 by adamfreedom
Can we rebuild the labor movement with the Employee Free Choice Act?
By Adam W. for the January 2009 Industrial Worker
Also appearing online on the IWW (Industrial Workers of the Wolrd) website: http://www.iww.org/en/node/4597
This version includes an added correction.
Much has been said in the United States labor movement around the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a bill [...]
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