April 30, 1992 The Hartford Courant Connecticut has lost more than 155,000 jobs in the past three years- nearly 10 percent of all jobs in the state. Huge further losses in defense, aerospace and insurance still lie ahead. No doubt that’s why state officials have proposed a $1 billion program- the largest in the… Read More »
BUILDING BRIDGES: QUOTES ABOUT THE BOOK
November 12, 1990 “A splendid collection of essays on the immensely creative labor-community alliances that flourished in the 1980s. . . one of the best practical how-to organizing manuals around. All the case studies are painstakingly realistic about the nuts, bolts and difficulties. . . the editors take economic democracy seriously; that’s what makes their… Read More »
THE GREAT TIME SQUEEZE
October 12, 1990 By Tim Costello & Jeremy Brecher It’s been a great deal for employers. Since 1973, real weekly wages have fallen by 15 percent, and to compensate, American families today are working between one and two days a week more, just to maintain the same family incomes they had in 1973…. Read More »
REFORMING LABOR LAW, REFORMING LABOR
November 12, 1989 By Tim Costello & Jeremy Brecher The arena was a National Labor Relations Board election in Smyrna, Tennessee One contestant, representing multi-national capital, was the Nisson corporation. The other, representing the American labor movement, was the UAW. The result this June was a smashing defeat for the union. This highly symbolic… Read More »