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An unlikely big player in digital media: unions
This article by Gary Weiss originally appeared in The Columbia Journalism Review. THE AXE FELL AT HUFFPOST the other day. The news site laid off dozens of staffers, in what has became a...
Labor's Buying a Paper
The word on the streets in the Windy City is that the infamous Chicago Sun-Times is looking for a new owner - and all the unions in Chicago through the Federation of Labor are putting in a bid. Other...
Policing our Protests
Imagine a nation where you can be arrested for protesting the policies of the President. Well stop imagining things because it's here. Read this, we can't make this stuff up.
Meet radio show: America's Work Force
Right now utility union leaders from across the nation are embarking on Cleveland, Ohio for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Utility Conference to share best practices, conduct...
UCOMM gets Censored by Google
Over the last few years, Google and Facebook have become two of the largest purveyors of news. As the reach of Facebook and Google grow, less and less people go to specific news sites to get their...
Fox News is Horny
From the New York Times via Politico: Bill O'Reilly settled 5 harassment claims; Bill O'Reilly and Fox News quietly settled five sexual harassment claims in recent years to the tune of $13...
Jimmy Breslin told stories about working people
We live in an odd time. Somehow a highly unqualified madman became President, pulling at our fears and racist emotions. He has brought out the worst (and best) in all of us. Trump has recently called...
CWA Reaches Deal with ABC
The NABET-CWA bargaining team reached a tentative four-year agreement covering nearly 3,000 workers at ABC Network/Disney. The proposed settlement covers staff and daily hires at ABC Network...
Rosie in the Ranks
Over the last few decades, the building trades have seen an influx of new members entering their ranks and they are unlike anything they have seen at their union meetings before. That’s...
10 things to watch other than Trump
Tonight Trump will making his first address to a joint session of Congress which will outline all of the evil corporate driven policies that Trump wants to push over the next year. Since Trump...