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 »
CONNECTICUT Q & A: JEREMY BRECHER: The History of ‘Everyday People’
April 15, 1990 By Andi Rierden Jeremy Brecher is working to fill in some large gaps of Connecticut history. For 10 years now, the social historian has traveled across the state collecting oral histories from people who rarely appear in history books, including local ethnic pioneers and former labor union organizers. As the… 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 »