Category: Unions
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Happy Labor Day to us all!
In a day and age when organized labor seems largely irrelevant to many, this is an appropriate time to stop and reflect on the gains made by unions in the past 100 years. Although no one seems to remember now, some of the most basic protections we presently…
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Labor’s Bloody History
The period in American history leading up from the Civil War to World War II was particularly violent and bloody for labor. It was through that struggle that many of the very most basic rights we enjoy today came about. These include: Abolition of child labor The eight hour day Unemployment insuance Social security The…
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Conservatives Declare War On Unions – Public Employee Unions to Be Outlawed in Wisconsin
This week in Wisconsin, conservatives are making perhaps the single biggest assault on collective bargaining that’s taken place in the last 60-80 years. The republican-controlled Wisconsin state legislature is trying to take away the collective bargaining rights of state, county and municipal workers. These takeaways include: Automatic yearly elections where 51+% of all employees in…