Posted on Sep 21, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
The United Food and Commercial Workers union officials continue to target a grocery chain called Farmer Joe’s. Unlike most subjects of this harassment, there is a blog from a guy who’s concerned about Farmer Joe’s. That’s pretty cool. Here’s his account of the latest scene, with our emphasis: I have to give the whole UFCW […]
Posted on Sep 20, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
“I didn’t want it to get out to the other side that the organization was going through this turmoil, but it’s reached a point where I think it needs to get out,” — that’s from a former employee of Missouri Progressive Vote, known as Pro-Vote. It’s an organization that counts among its members the liberal […]
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AP: “SEIU Down to 3 Dems for Endorsement” … guess Bill Richardson’s gaffe was fatal … wonder if now he’s saying “F@$#in’ AFCSME” (link not safe for those who have replaced sense of humor with overly acute decency standards)
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James sez, “Italian workers with IBM are protesting a $1,377 paycut, and they’re organizing a September 25th protest in Second Life, where IBM has a large corporate campus and marketing site. (The company’s UK division has been using SL as a ‘3D web’ development platform for over a year.) Cory wrote about a virtual world […]
Posted on Sep 19, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
A small blogspot blog has a little note on UFCW organizing: lance from the union is in his sixties and is scheduled to retire in a couple of months and for the most part is going through the motions. He tells us union stories he has told many time before… We hear a lot about […]
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United Food and Commercial Workers leaders have called a picket outside a grocery store that’s only been up and running a short time. According to the store’s manager, he would have to shut down if the union came in: He added, “But we cannot afford to join the union. We’d have to close the store. […]
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From the American Prospect‘s blog: John Edwards has made it very clear that he thinks lobbyists are the bane of the American political system, and will prevent needed healthcare reform. He said so again at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Political Action Conference yesterday, warning that if you give industry lobbyists a seat at […]
Posted on Sep 18, 2007 by Jon Berry
No Child Left Behind, President Bush’s signature education law, expires this month, and everyone wants to weigh in on version 2.0. The National Education Association, for example, is angry about (among other things) the proposed revision to NCLB that would give new bonuses to teachers but tie them to student performance on tests. NEA President […]
