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Jefferson23

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19. Counterpunch is useless? You have a disagreement with this authors portrayal of
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 08:46 AM
Mar 2014

the labor system and that culminates as a broad brush on Counterpunch..really?

Organized labor, the AFL-CIO lobbies for working people Gman Mar 2014 #1
I disagree. Hoppy Mar 2014 #3
You say a starting wage; what is the schedule for increases? olegramps Mar 2014 #5
You make a good point Gman Mar 2014 #8
Thank you for your ignorant opinion Gman Mar 2014 #9
Sorry, sweetheart. Hoppy Mar 2014 #14
the full time/part time split is a classic union busting (or at least weakening) trick yurbud Mar 2014 #17
.75 above minimum wage is $30.00 WoodyM90 Mar 2014 #11
Let me clarify... Hoppy Mar 2014 #15
A union is as good as its members....n/t whathehell Mar 2014 #24
For many years the unions worked hard, had large numbers and not only lobbied for their members but Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #2
My public employees union in WI routinely endorsed Toxic Tommy Thompson, Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #4
Interesting, the legacy of labor is an eye opener. Thanks for your input. n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #7
Never Has - Never Will cantbeserious Mar 2014 #6
but we get to elect the people who the lobbyists talk to alc Mar 2014 #10
Pay me half a mil a year... malthaussen Mar 2014 #12
I'll underbid this by 15%. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #13
We do, but they're marginalized and demonized by demagogues with bigger soapboxes and louder mics Populist_Prole Mar 2014 #16
Counterpunch is useless. The anti-chinese laws belong to the same tradition that once gave us struggle4progress Mar 2014 #18
Counterpunch is useless? You have a disagreement with this authors portrayal of Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #19
It's a bullshizz site that specializes in bullshizz analysis struggle4progress Mar 2014 #20
To each their own..for one, the author did not give me the impression there was any ease in laws Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #21
Sometimes a writer just hits it. Brigid Mar 2014 #22
We're not supposed to need one Doctor_J Mar 2014 #23
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