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I saw the story below on the WDTV the other day, and there was one part of this story that stood out to me.  It was a quote from one of the people interviewed. They said, "I work for a place where I am union, and that's just how it is,” ...

Here is something I came across that I thought would be beneficial to all of our members. It gives a brief history of 36 things unions have done for America’s Work Force and includes places for discounts only offered to union members. 36 reasons why you should thank a union ...

I invite you, the reader to allow me to take you through a mental exercise...  You and I are businessmen, we make an essential product, one that is in constant demand by the public. We'll call our product a, "widget". For years our widgets have grown and prospered to the ...

Opinion: The Boston Globe 8/17/2015 In George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” the authoritarian government uses institutionalized propaganda to assure citizens of the benevolence with which it pursues questionable objectives. Thus, the Ministry of Peace oversees endless militarization and war with global powers, while the Ministry of Plenty strictly rations the distribution ...

Connecticut Senate Bill 963 was recently PASSED and signed into law by that state's Governor. The bill will allow a curriculum addition that includes labor history. When the bill passed with a 24 to 9 vote in the legislature’s upper chamber, state Sen. President Martin Looney expressed the value of ...