Nelson Lichtenstein explores whether the November referendum in Ohio and one million plus signatures for a Scott Walkfer recall is a sign that unions are coming back.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/21/opinion/lichtenstein-union-wisconsin/index.html?c&page=1
Robert Parry’s editorial on the current crop of GOP candidates, income inequality and Dick Cheney’s interesting history with New Deal politics.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/9493-turning-america-into-pottersville
The battle over unions moves to Indiana. Recent article from Labor Notes.
‘Right to Work’ in Indiana Advances Despite Protests
A recent video made by District Council 47 documenting the march from Temple to Occupy Philly. Check it out!
and while you’re at it, check out some of the other videos on AFSCME 1723′s YouTube page
Have you been to the Occupy Philly site yet? Joan Dowlin recently offered some thoughts from a visit she made on Huffington Post.
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We are saddened to hear of the passing on Sonia Shaw, a Temple employee and AFSCME steward/trustee for over 15 years. Our thoughts go out to her family and friends. It is a loss for both them and the Temple community. You can read her obituary here.
Great article by author, labor lawyer Thomas Geoghegan about Social Security. It includes a lot of eye opening statistics about retirement in our country. Worth thinking about where we are situated and what should be done.
Get Radical: Raise Social Security in the New York Times
A few members our our local joined with a few other AFSCME locals volunteering at Philabundance. Here’s the Action News story:
