The Future of Labor and Capital in Germany
While there are plenty of current issues – Trump, Ukraine, Taylor Swift, Singapore approves insects as food (CNN), etc. – at hand, to move people’s attention away from “labor and…
Labor Movements
US Labor Today and the Way Forward
The labor movement in the United States used to be respected and looked to for leadership; people cared about what positions labor took, watched when they mobilized, noticed the causes…
LEPAIO Condemns AFL-CIO Leadership’s Bullying Affiliates on International Affairs
LEPAIO, the Labor Education Project on AFL-CIO International Operations (https://aflcio-int.education/), condemns the AFL-CIO’s leadership for bullying affiliates on international issues, and especially regarding the current Israel and Gaza war. LEPAIO,…
Labor Activists Launch New Organization to Challenge AFL-CIO Foreign Policy
Labor activists from across the country, members of a number of unions, publicly announced the creation of LEPAIO, the Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO International Operations, over the weekend…
Miss Universe Meza was unemployed before crowning and an ILO report: A capitalist reality of “democracy”
Andrea Meza’s life forever changed when she heard the words “Viva Mexico”, said a June 13, 2021 media report. But, there were some more facts from a reality, which is out-and-out…
Labor Codes 2020 from a Labor rights perspective
The working conditions of labor during industrial revolution was characterized by long working hours (12-16 hour shifts), low wages, unsafe working conditions and lack of worker rights. The labor movements…
The Epic Failure of Labor Leadership In The United States, 1980-2017 And Continuing
The US labor movement is in terrible shape; in 2016, union membership was only 6.4 percent of workers in the private sector, and 34.4 percent of the public sector,…
For Those Who Know Little or Nothing About Labor: Building Global Labor Solidarity Today
Earlier this year, a collection of papers was published under the title of Building Global Labor Solidarity in a Time of Accelerating Globalization (Scipes, ed., 2016). It was a strong…
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