Category Archives: Labor

The Financial End-game

The Financial End-game Slowly Plays Out by Nigel Maund, Safehaven.com … the Sudden Systemic Implosion which will usher in the Brave New World “Capitalism requires people to be quiet souls in the workplace and wild pagans at the cash register” … Continue reading

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Moms At The Office

Moms At The Office Martha Burk, Ph.D., Tompaine.com Martha Burk is author of Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It, just released from Scribner.  She chairs the National Council of Women’s Organizations. … Continue reading

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John Drury: Iverson Ignores Iowa’s Indigent

Iverson Ignores Iowa's Indigent by John Drury I guess I’m going to harp on the minimum wage again. I would have left it for next session since it’s obvious they aren’t going to touch it this year; but I see … Continue reading

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Progressive Action in the Quad Cities

Progressive Action in the Quad Cities by Caroline Vernon Progressive Action For The Common Good is a group of Quad Cities citizens who are committed to working together in order to rebuild an active community interested in promoting progressive values … Continue reading

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John Drury: Taking Care Of The Least Among Us Is The Least Our Legislature Can Do

Taking Care Of The Least Among Us Is The Least Our Legislature Can Do by John Drury This week is known as funnel week in the Iowa legislature, the week where bills must get passed out of committee to have … Continue reading

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Follow-Up: California Grocery Strikes

Follow-Up:  California Grocery Strikes Ten months after the UFCW settled the strike by agreeing to a 'two-tier' contract, it seems that the split between younger workers and older workers has doomed the unionization of California grocery stores.  Nearly 10 months … Continue reading

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Kerry Can Win Ohio: A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT

Kerry Can Win Ohio: A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT International Labor Communications Association The media has collapsed and Kerry has conceded, but we don't have to. According to CNN, Bush is ahead in the count in Ohio by 136,221. According to … Continue reading

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Tyson Workers at Iowa Plant Ratify Contract

Tyson Workers at Iowa Plant Ratify Contract Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier Tyson Foods Inc. announced Thursday that workers at a plant in Cherokee, Iowa, have approved a new five-year contract that will have employees pay 25 percent of health insurance costs. … Continue reading

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Stop Outsourcing Our Future! Goes to Ottumwa Oct. 11

Stop Outsourcing Our Future! Goes to Ottumwa Oct. 11 A Town Hall Meeting for people concerned about good jobs, the environment, and a healthy future for their community Monday, October 11 7:00-8:30 PM Ottumwa Public Library 101 W. Fourth St., … Continue reading

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Stop Outsourcing Our Future! Goes to Keokuk Oct. 4

Stop Outsourcing Our Future! Goes to Keokuk Oct. 4 A Town Hall Meeting for people concerned about good jobs, the environment, and a healthy future for their community Monday, October 4 6:30-8:00 PM Keokuk City Council Chambers 415 Blondeau St., … Continue reading

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