Category Archives: Labor

What Work Will We Do?

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Paul Deaton

Conventional wisdom is there is a worker shortage in Iowa. “Companies are really at a tipping point with respect to their workforce,” Iowa Business Council Executive Director Joe Murphy said in an interview with Perry Beeman of Iowa Capitol Dispatch. … Continue reading →

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Labor Coming Back?

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Amazon workers attempt to organize may signal change in Labor’s standing. Biden moves signal new era for Labor? We all felt it when Joe Biden won the election as President. The winds of change were blowing hard. The wind was … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich: Racism Is Profitable

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dave Bradley

The above video is from Robert Reich’s Inequality Media. This video ties in to a degree with the previous post on how labor has been exploited especially since the mid 1970s. Lyndon Johnson many years ago made an astute observation … Continue reading →

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“The $2.5 Trillion Annual Theft”

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dave Bradley

That is an estimate of how much the annual theft is from America’s workers. A study came out this week that astounded nearly everyone. While everyone knows that workers have been left behind in the economic race since the early … Continue reading →

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Biden Out Of The Gate Strong!

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Dave Bradley

This week has been enjoyable if for no other reason than to see Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden on the virtual stump making speeches that make sense and that point out that the Armageddon that his opponent predicts is already … Continue reading →

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An Immigrant In My Own Country

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Paul Deaton

Reprinted with permission from the Summer #2 2020 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The Prairie Progressive is  funded entirely by reader subscription,  available primarily in hard copy for $12/yr.  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa … Continue reading →

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Recent Videos From Robert Reich: Oligarchy Versus The Rest Of Us

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Corporate lies. A couple of things that Reich doesn’t mention in here are: Labor union are the most effective deterrent to an accretion of power in an executive in a democracy. Labor voting for the party of money and business … Continue reading →

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Quotes To Ponder On Labor

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Labor has been beaten and bloodied since the Regan presidency. For some strange reason working people voted for Reagan. For some strange reason working people voted for Trump. If they ever thought a billionaire would help working people, I hope … Continue reading →

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Iowans Declare September Labor Union Appreciation Month

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Dave Bradley

For Immediate Release: August 29, 2019 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0133 More than 65 elected officials, organizations, and businesses support the effort to make September Labor Union Appreciation Month at thankaunion.com Des Moines, Iowa — Iowans are speaking out in support of … Continue reading →

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Organizing The Organizers

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Paul Deaton

The Democratic Party seems on the brink of descent into a primal ooze as we now debate political staffers forming unions in campaigns. What’s there to debate? Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg gets the overarching policy right. “Freedom means the ability … Continue reading →

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