Category: Labor

Kicking the Bosses’ Ass Means Breaking the Bosses’ Law

Tacoma and Seattke rank-and-file members of the  the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU) are showing us the way. Faced with arrogant bosses and a boss-controlled legal system, they have declared that the only way to effectively fight back is to fight back HARD!

On Labor Day

Over a hundred years ago a frightened President Grover Cleveland pushed congress to recognize Labor Day as a federal holiday in 1894. (The September holiday was first observed in 1882 by the Central Labor Union of New York.) In the wake of a strike that saw workers’ murdered at the hands of U.S. Marshals and [...]

Mottoes and Watchwords, part II

A Discussion of Politics and Mass Organizations Part 2 of 2 (Read Part 1 here) By Nate Hawthorne  

Mottoes and Watchwords

A Discussion of Politics and Mass Organizations, Part 1 of 2 By Nate Hawthorne