October 31, 2007 American auto workers and the UAW have been struggling – and even striking – to try to save their members’ jobs. In the last round of negotiations with GM and Chrysler the union won job guarantees for a segment of its shrinking membership. But tragically, most of the jobs it saved… Read More »
GLOBAL WARMING: MARKETS AND DEMOCRACY
May 13, 2007 This is the sixth in GLS’s series on Labor and Global Warming. The danger of global warming was recognized in the 1960s, and by the 1980s its effects were already becoming apparent. Yet significant action to limit it has only just begun. Meanwhile, the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted into… Read More »
LABOR AND GLOBAL WARMING
The reality of global warming and its catastrophic consequences are today beyond debate. But American labor is caught in an internal stalemate among those who fear job loss from efforts to deal with global warming, those who have not considered global warming an important union issue, and those who see the climate crisis as a call for immediate action and an opportunity for sustainable economic development.
WHAT’S IT GOT TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF TORTILLAS IN MEXICO?
February 3, 2007 Hundreds of thousands of people marched through downtown Mexico City the last day of January protesting the rise in the price of tortillas and other staple foods. The march was filled with housewives beating pots and pans in the kind of “casarolazo” made famous by the resistance movements of Argentina. Supported… Read More »
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