By Bob Morris | 05/03/2012 | Activism, Movements
Saul Alinsky invented community organizing in Chicago in the 1930′s in the Back of the Yards. It changed organizing forever.
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By W. E. Messamore | 05/02/2012 | Activism, Movements, Organizations | 7 Comments
If organized labor wants a better future and higher standards of living for workers, it should fight for less, not more government.
By Lucy Ma | 05/01/2012 | California, Economy, Issues, States
The 2012 California State Asian Pacific Islander Policy Summit is an annual event featuring discussions on key issues that affect California’s Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities.
By Heather Rogers | 05/01/2012 | Activism, Movements
Organizers hoped to get American students and workers, across the country, to take the day off in order to demonstrate against income inequality and unjust corporate practices.
By Thomas G. Brown | 05/01/2012 | Economy, Issues, Legislation, Legislators, US Senate | 17 Comments
Minimum wage laws might actually hurt laborers by inadvertently raising their costs of living and increasing their rates of unemployment.
By Bob Morris | 05/01/2012 | Activism, Movements, Organizations | 4 Comments
Rights we take for granted in the workplace are the result of ferocious labor battles from 1895-1940. The Wobblies were a central force.
By Alan Markow | 04/30/2012 | Activism, Organizations | 8 Comments
While there are myriad examples of ineffectual, even corrupt, unions that are well past their prime, Local 6 serves as a reminder that a labor union can represent employees effectively.
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