Today In Labor History

July 1851
Two railroad strikers were shot dead and others injured by the state militia in Portgage, New York.
July 1903
Labor organizer Mary Harris (“Mother”) Jones leads child workers in demanding a 55 hour work week.
I could not find much on the history of labor for 01 July, so my first posts of the month will be [...]

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Gun Nuts Rejoice!

This was a article on the latest decision by the Supreme Court on the 2nd amendment, written on straightrecord.com
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia rests much of the 5-4 majority opinion of the court in D.C. v Heller on the alleged right to have the right to one’s defense of one’s self defense. Supposedly, if one [...]

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Barak And Bill Go To An Election

Barack Obama and Bill Clinton ended their mutual silent treatment Monday, with the Democratic presidential candidate reaching out and asking his former Democratic nemesis to help him win the White House.
In their first conversation since the end of the heated primary, former President Clinton agreed to campaign for the candidate he portrayed as inexperienced for [...]

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American Manufacturing Is Dying

And few in the media seems to care.  The workers on the other hand are the ones that will pay the orice of this death, not the speculators.
General Electric announced it was selling its 101-year-old appliance division last month. Newspapers around the world proclaimed the death of U.S. manufacturing. “Is it the end of an [...]

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Con Ed Strike Looms Closer

More on the possibility of a strike on ConEd by the UWUA, the NY Daily News is reporting.
Con Edison says it can keep the power flowing if almost 9,000 union workers walk off the job early Wednesday – but the union says New Yorkers had better get ready.
Managers will not perform routine maintenance or upgrades, Clendenin [...]

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Was There A Full Moon?

Lieberman is bumping his gums, making misleading statements, I guess trying to feather his bid for the VP spot.  Then BUsh gets out there and thanx all concerned with the GI Bill including McCain, who by the way was opposed to it.  And then there was Wes Clark…..need I say more?
First let me ask, McCain [...]

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Obama And Welfare Reform

Obama’s transformation from opponent to champion of welfare reform is the latest in a series of moves to the center. Since capturing the Democratic nomination, Obama has altered his stances on Social Security taxes, meeting with rogue leaders without preconditions, and the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.’s, sweeping gun ban.
The shift in Obama’s rhetoric on welfare [...]

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