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Labor Update: A Forgotten Movie About Father And Son Scabs
Labor Mondays’ Movie Review Sometimes a Great Notion – Directed by Paul Newman. Filmed 1970. It was released to widespread dismissal in 1971, stars Paul Newman and Henry Fonda and Lee Remick. In a supremely ironic film, those two great … Continue reading
Labor Update: A Future Without Poverty
On January 17th, 2013, Tavis Smiley moderated a panel of public intellectuals on the topic of poverty in America – a topic so rarely discussed, you’d think it was a peripheral issue rather than the root cause (and consequence) of … Continue reading
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Tagged labor, Poverty in America
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Welcome To Iowastan, Women Prepare Your Burkas
WELCOME TO IOWASTAN. WOMEN, PREPARE YOUR BURKAS On December 21st, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a wrongful termination case in which Ft. Dodge Dentist Dr. James Knight fired his assistant Melissa Nelson because his “irresistible attraction” to her threatened his … Continue reading
Labor Update: The Price Of Inequality
The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future By Joseph Stiglitz Book Review by Mike Matejka Grand Prairie Union News, Bloomington, Illinois Economics, the study of how we earn and spend our hard-earned pay, can be dry … Continue reading
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Tagged 99%, Joseph Stiglitz, labor, The Price of Inequality, Wealth pie
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My Person Of The Year: The Public Employee
My Person of the Year Contrary to TIME magazine’s choice for 2012 Person of the Year, President Obama (who at this moment is bargaining to water down benefits to social programs like Social Security and Medicare and others), MY Person … Continue reading
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Labor Update: Fiscal Cliff Hanger Actions In Burlington, Davenport, Des Moines, Ames
FISCAL CLIFF HANGER Monday, December 10, is International Human Rights Day. It is also the day that union members and their community allies will be holding demonstrations and making calls to Congress to block cuts to Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid … Continue reading
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Tagged afl-cio iowa, Fiscal Cliff, International Human Rights Day, labor
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Early Voting Satellite Locations In Scott And Muscatine Counties
EARLY VOTING Given all the options for Absentee and Early Voting, there really is no reason for anyone not being able to vote this election cycle. And given all the attacks the right-wingnuts have launched against workers, women, students, disabled … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign
Tagged Iowa early voting, Muscatine County early voting, Scott county early voting
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Does Governor Branstad Intend To Destroy Labor Unions In Iowa?
by Jerry Messer, President, Quad City Federation of Labor Every election, you hear from folks that this is the most important election in history. And every election this is true because right-wing politicians like Governor Branstad keep giving us reasons … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign
Tagged GOP attack on labor, Iowa GOP, Iowa union endorsed candidates, Labor issues 2012, Quad City Federation of Labor
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CD Review: The Ghost Of Woody Guthrie
Bucky Halker channeling Woody Guthrie The Ghost of Woody Guthrie CD by Bucky Halker & Andy Dee http://www.buckyhalker.com/ Reviewed by Mike Matejka, Grand Prairie Union News, Bloomington, Illinois Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (1912-1967) is an American musical genius few people know, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bucky Halker, Woody Guthrie
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Labor Update: 90% of Teachers In Chicago Public Schools Vote To Strike
Teachers Fight For Way Of Life 22,000 members of the Chicago teachers union voted to strike For several years now, heavy-handed centralized management of the Chicago Public School system – by a CEO nonetheless, not even a superintendent – have … Continue reading
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Tagged chicago public schools, CORE, labor, teachers strike
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