Swapping Stories: People Of Color
HOTEL WORKERS RALLY VS. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ON THE JOB
HOTEL WORKERS RALLY VS. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ON THE JOB
NEW YORK (PAI)—“There once was a union maid, who never was afraid,” begins the old song about activist union women. Well, members of Unite Here – real union maids – were not afraid when they spoke up the week of June 6-11 against sexual exploitation of maids and other hotel workers by hotel guests.
ASIAN-AMERICANS REPORT VARIED FORMS OF JOB DISCRIMINATION
ASIAN-AMERICANS REPORT VARIED FORMS OF JOB DISCRIMINATION
By Mark Gruenberg
PAI Staff Writer
WASHINGTON (PAI)—Asian-Americans are reporting varied forms of job discrimination, with complicating factors – cultural and economic – that make it extra hard for them to win rights, wages and benefits, a panel told D.C. unionists on May 21.
RIGHT-WING ATTACKS EXTEND TO GAINS DR. KING WON FOR WORKERS
RIGHT-WING ATTACKS EXTEND EVEN DOWN
TO GAINS DR. KING WON FOR WORKERS
By Mark Gruenberg
PAI Staff Writer
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (PAI)—Even in Memphis.
That’s how far down the chain of state and local governments the Right Wing’s war on workers has extended – and take it from one who knows, Alvin Turner.
FROM THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE TO THE PRESENT DAY
FROM THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE TO THE PRESENT DAY
The more things change the more they stay the same
By Gary Schoichet
From high up, 10th and 11th floors, terrified, they jumped out of windows to escape the fire and smoke
that was taking over the factory where they worked. 21 workers, mostly women, many quite young,
their lives were extinguished before they got going.
Divide and Deport: On Immigration, Thom Hartmann and Lou Dobbs Have Much in Common
Divide and Deport: On Immigration, Thom Hartmann and Lou Dobbs Have Much in Common
By David Bacon
Working In these Times, Feb 28, 2011
Radio host and author Thom Hartmann has a new book, Rebooting the American Dream. Hartmann has a progressive reputation, and his book supports unions, calls for eliminating tax cuts for the rich and advocates other sensible ideas. But like many liberals, when it comes to immigration his tune changes.
Keynote Address, ILCA Awards, 2010
ED OTT
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
2010 ILCA AWARDS LUNCHEON
November 19, 2010
(Transcript from video by Howard Kling)
ED OTT: LABOR MUST RETHINK METHODS, TARGETED WORKERS
FORMER NY COUNCIL HEAD OTT: LABOR MUST
RETHINK METHODS, TARGETED WORKERS
By Mark Gruenberg
PAI Staff Writer
WASHINGTON (PAI)—Saying the methods labor used to gain political clout and the targets it sought among workers both flopped, former New York City Central Labor Council head Ed Ott urged unions to rethink both, long and hard.
UNIONS BATTLE ANOTHER DISASTER ON THE GULF: AVONDALE, INGALLS SHIPYARDS CLOSING
UNIONS BATTLE ANOTHER DISASTER ON THE
GULF: AVONDALE, INGALLS SHIPYARDS CLOSING
By Mark Gruenberg
PAI Staff Writer
NEW ORLEANS (PAI)--First, Katrina drowned New Orleans five years ago. Then Hurricane Rita followed with its sucker punch around a month later. Earlier this year, the BP offshore oil platform exploded, caught fire and sank, killing 11 area workers and costing thousands of others along the Gulf Coast -- oil riggers and shrimpers among them -- their livelihoods. What else could go wrong in the Crescent City?
FREEDOM HOUSE REPORT: UNIONS FACE HOSTILE WORLD; U.S. RATED ‘MOSTLY FREE’ BUT SHARPLY CRITICIZED
FREEDOM HOUSE REPORT: UNIONS FACE HOSTILE WORLD;
U.S. RATED ‘MOSTLY FREE’ BUT SHARPLY CRITICIZED
By Mark Gruenberg
PAI Staff Writer
NEW YORK (PAI)--Unions face a largely hostile world, with dozens of countries repressing their workers’ rights, a new major report says.
The study, by New York-based Freedom House, rates 165 nations on their actual record on workers’ rights, with ratings in five categories ranging from “free” to “very repressive.” The U.S., with 37 other countries, is rated “mostly free” for workers.
