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On June 2, 1984, about 500 workers at the Marval turkey processing plant in Harrisonburg, Virginia went on strike. This was a relatively small strike and it did not succeed, but it represented widespread discontent in a poultry industry growing ever more centralized and where...
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It's worth being upset about the United Auto Workers' failure to win in the Alabama Mercedes plant. But it is also worth noting that organized labor has won a number of great victories in the South recently, and not only at Volkswagen. I said there’s...
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On May 16, 2024
The Conversation asked me to write an article about Biden's labor record and to give it a grade. I gave him an A-, which is as high as I'd give FDR. Biden has set many precedents related to organized labor. In 2021, Biden encouraged workers at...
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On May 9, 1949, mob thugs assassinated International Ladies Garment Workers Union organizer William Lurye in a blatant effort to keep New York garment trade shops union-free. They got away with it. This kind of violence used against union organizers was all too common in...
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