Nani’s Kitchen workers unionized with the blessing of their boss. Why aren’t more restaurants union shops? It’s complicated.
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New Labor Federation leader
Dan Maloney says he wants America to make things. Manufacturing is the best way, he says, to rev up the US economy. Maloney, president of UAW Local 1097 for nine years, has recently been named president of the Rochester-Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation, too. His goals in the new job include improving organizing, messaging, and […]
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A new rebellion
It’s a bit odd that in America’s thoroughly corporatized culture we have no national day of honor for the Captains of Industry, and yet we do have one for working stiffs: Labor Day. Where did it come from? Who gave this day off to laboring people? History books that bother mentioning Labor Day at all […]
