Tag Archives: labor

Quad City Fed Notes Civil Rights March Anniversary

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Paul Deaton

A note from the Quad City Federation of Labor: Brothers and Sisters, On Wednesday, Aug. 28, communities across the country, and indeed across the world, will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington D.C. The … Continue reading →

Posted in civil rights, Labor | Tagged I Have A Dream, labor, march on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr., PACG | 1 Comment

More on United Farm Workers and Cesar Chavez

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Paul Deaton

Lettuce Wars: Ten Years of Work and Struggle in the Fields of California by Bruce Neuberger (Monthly Review Press) Trampling Out the Vintage by Frank Bardacke (Verso) A Union of Their Dreams by Miriam Pawel (Bloomsbury Press) A Book Review … Continue reading →

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Low Wage Workers are Changing the Face of Labor

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Paul Deaton

The following article by David Moberg appeared in the July 25, 2013 edition of In These Times. It highlights the movement to address pay for restaurant and other lowly paid workers. Thank You, Strike Again How Low Wage Workers are … Continue reading →

Posted in Labor | Tagged Fight for Fifteen, labor, restaurant workers, SEIU, UFCW, WOCC, Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago | Comments Off

An Iowa Temp Worker Bill of Rights?

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Paul Deaton

In a strip mall in Cedar Rapids, a temp agency opens at 6 a.m., ready to place workers in temporary jobs. A registered applicant can enter the waiting room, sign in on a clipboard at the counter, and wait for … Continue reading →

Posted in Labor, Progressive Community | Tagged labor, labor unions, off-shoring, outsourcing, subcontracting, temp workers | 5 Comments

Join Quad City Next Up On A Labor History Bar Crawl in Chicago!

Posted on May 30, 2013 by bfiatracykurowski

“No single event has influenced the history of labor in Illinois, the United States, and even the world, more than the Chicago Haymarket Affair. It began with a rally on May 4, 1886, but the consequences are still being felt … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: A Forgotten Movie About Father And Son Scabs

Posted on March 11, 2013 by bfiatracykurowski

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 →

Posted in Labor | Tagged labor, scabs | 1 Comment

Labor Update: A Future Without Poverty

Posted on January 28, 2013 by bfiatracykurowski

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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Iowa House Republicans' Anti-Union Bill DOA

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Paul Deaton

The gang of Republicans in the state house kicked off last week asking for a constitutional amendment to include their political position on Iowa’s status as a right to work state in the Iowa Constitution. Didn’t they hear about the … Continue reading →

Posted in ALEC, GOP, Iowa Legislature, Labor | Tagged HJR 1, Iowa Legislature, labor, right to work, unions | 1 Comment

Labor Update: The Price Of Inequality

Posted on January 9, 2013 by bfiatracykurowski

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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Labor Update: Fiscal Cliff Hanger Actions In Burlington, Davenport, Des Moines, Ames

Posted on December 10, 2012 by bfiatracykurowski

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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