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Author Archives: bfiatracykurowski
The Saga In Muscatine Continues
After months of hearsay, Muscatine City Council plans to proceed with its rumored threat to remove Mayor Diana Broderson from office on yet to be revealed charges at the Thursday City Council meeting. The Mayor has not received the substance … Continue reading
Iowa Democrats Include Climate Mobilization Language In Party Platform
fallonforum.com When I spoke at the Rockefeller Fund Conference on Pipelines and Eminent Domain last week, I emphasized that if we’re going to argue against the abuse of eminent domain for a pipeline, we truly have to get to know … Continue reading
Posted in Bakken pipeline
Tagged #nobakken, Bakken Oil Pipeline, Bakken pipeline in Iowa, climate mobilization pledge, Ed Fallon, eminent domain in Iowa, Pledge of Resistance
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Take Back Muscatine To Picket City Council Over Proposed Code Changes
Take Muscatine Back to hold informational picket before city council meeting June 20, 2016, Muscatine, IA – Take Back Muscatine, local citizens group, will hold an informational picket at 6PM before the June 23rd, 2016 Muscatine City Council meeting to … Continue reading
Posted in Calls to Action
Tagged Muscatine City Code, Muscatine City Council, Muscatine Iowa
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Women's Global Leadership Program – Part 2
Women’s Global Leadership Program – Part 2 – Click here to read Part 1 In March, I had the privilege to participate in the first-ever AFLCIO Women’s Global Leadership Program alongside nearly fifty other women from a broad spectrum of … Continue reading
Posted in economic inequality, Economy, Labor, womens rights
Tagged economic status of women, women's economic issues, women's global leadership program
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Women's Global Leadership Program
Women’s Global Leadership Program – Part 1 In March, I had the privilege to participate in the first-ever AFLCIO Women’s Global Leadership Program alongside nearly fifty other women from a broad spectrum of trade unions across the US. It was … Continue reading
Posted in economic inequality, Labor, womens rights
Tagged Status of women, women and labor, women's global leadership program, women's rights
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Quad Cities Coalition for Worker Justice Holds Rally at Brandt Construction
Brandt Construction asks NLRB to postpone hearing while company owner vacations in Italy Dakota Upshaw has been on strike against Milan, Illinois-based Brandt Construction Company since last July. He had been working for Brandt’s subcontractor Hybrand in Muscatine for a … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged NLRB, QC Coalition for Worker Justice, worker safety
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My Last And Only Trump Blog
Watching Trump on the Stump last Saturday at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, was a bit, shall I say, boring? I attended the event intending to get video footage of Trump or his supporters and was expecting to be … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign
Tagged Donald Trump, Iowa caucuses 2016
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Flagging In Meaning
(Editor’s Note: These photos were published in early 2002 in the 911 issue of Hasta Cuando, a Spanish-English punk political magazine out of Pilsen, Chicago. They are by an extraordinary Chicago artist, teacher and musician, Rebecca Wolfram and reflect her … Continue reading
Book Review: The Devil Is Here In These Hills
Given Iowa’s early labor organizing among mineworkers, led by John L. Lewis, who went on to head the United Mine Workers and found the Congress of Industrial Organizations, this book review illustrates the struggles posed by this dangerous profession. Mike … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged labor, mineworkers
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