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Recessions and Labor Unions

Sat, 2009-05-09 08:39 — Bill Bumpus

 

By DAVID MACARAY

"With a
world recession, the collapse of the U.S. housing bubble, and
twenty-five years of unsound, unscrupulous and unregulated financial
policy coming home to roost, organized labor leaders knew they were
going to be in for a bumpy ride.  They weren’t wrong.  Not only are
labor unions being punished by the recession, in many instances they
are, predictably, being blamed for it." 

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Fighting back against Jay Severin

Fri, 2009-05-08 07:54 — Bill Bumpus

posted by Das Gimp

For all of those who are upset about the most racist comment against Mexicans (for those who don't know it http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=Mh3dR5QxB5U ) I have gotten information on the situation.  He works at 96.9 WTKK http://www.wtkk.com/.  I have gotten a list of just some of their advertisers and how to contact these advertisers. 

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Workers at AT&T Poised to Strike - Job action would be biggest U.S. strike in recent years, and first under Obama

Thu, 2009-04-16 08:56 — Bill Bumpus

By x359209 - IU 560 Job Shop (dual card CWA)

IWW/CWA dual-carders in the heart of the struggle


At midnight April 5, 2009 contracts for most of the component groups
represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) at the
telecom giant AT&T have expired. After weeks of mobilizing, around
90,000 workers are poised to strike one of the largest and most
profitable multinational corporations. A job action by CWA would be the
largest and among the most significant labor action in the United
States since the UPS strike in 1997. It would also be the first major
strike under the Obama regime. The brewing confrontation could set the
tone for class struggle in the U.S. for the near future.
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Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism

Fri, 2009-04-10 09:20 — Bill Bumpus

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics...

Only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 20%
disagree and say socialism is better. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are
not sure which is better.

Adults under 30 are essentially evenly divided: 37% prefer
capitalism, 33% socialism, and 30% are undecided. Thirty-somethings are
a bit more supportive of the free-enterprise approach with 49% for
capitalism and 26% for socialism. Adults over 40 strongly favor
capitalism, and just 13% of those older Americans believe socialism is
better.

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Small, soaked protest held at Rite-Aid in support of Employee Free Choice Act

Mon, 2009-04-06 08:32 — Bill Bumpus

Protest.jpg
Aaron Michael Cantu
Greg Gigg, Brian Duplisea, Bill Bumpus, Rand Wilson
and John Grossman protest in front of Rite-Aid in Somerville.
By Aaron Michael Cantu
Wicked Local Somerville
Posted Apr 03, 2009 @ 05:44 PM
Somerville —

Workers
organized in front of Rite-Aid in Davis Square on Friday to advocate
for the Congressional passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.

According to a press release from the Massachusetts Jobs with
Justice organization, the law would better protect employees who want
to form unions by limiting employer interference in the process.
Protestors claim that Rite-Aid is one of many companies who bully
workers out of forming unions.

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The Myth of the "Powerful" Teachers' Union

Tue, 2009-03-24 08:33 — Bill Bumpus

By DAVID MACARAY

There’s
a myth circulating out there that not only threatens to ruin the
reputation of America’s school teachers, but has the potential to
side-track any realistic hopes of education reform.  It’s the assertion
that “powerful” teachers’ unions are responsible for the decline of
public education in the United States in general, and California in
particular. 

Propagators
of this myth claim that the reason test scores of American children
have sunk so low in recent years is because our public school teachers
are too incompetent and lazy to provide adequate instruction. 

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