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Brigid

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22. Sometimes a writer just hits it.

Reply to Jefferson23 (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 10:13 AM

Mar 2014

We can talk about what's right for workers until the cows come home, but until workers start coming together and pressuring TPTB as hard as we can, without letting up, we will continue to be no better off than Chinese coolies. Macaray is right -- a higher minimum wage and changes in overtime rules are mere sops, intended to be just enough to keep the torches and pitchforks away.

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America’s Working Class Has No Lobby [View all] Jefferson23 Mar 2014 OP

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