May 22, 2008 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher The organization Green for All, which unites green jobs advocates from disadvantaged communities around the country, drew 1,000 people to a conference in Memphis on the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Under the name “The Dream Reborn,” the conference… Read More »
WHY CHINA MATTERS: LABOR RIGHTS IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
Why China Matters: Labor Rights in the Era of Globalization, Global Labor Strategies, April 2008.
KING’S LEGACY GROWNS GREEN IN MEMPHIS
April 1, 2008 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith an Jeremy Brecher Today they’d be called “green-collar jobs” – cleaning up the environment. Back then, the workers who performed those jobs were just garbage men. And they were treated like garbage. Martin Luther King Jr. died fighting to make their green-collar jobs be good jobs…. Read More »
SMITHFIELD PACKING V. THE CONSTITUTION
February 1, 2008 (First of a series) A Federal court in Virginia ruled on January 29th that Smithfield Packing could proceed with a civil lawsuit filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) against the United Food and Commercial Workers, Jobs With Justice, and others. At issue is a corporate campaign spearheaded… Read More »
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