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pogge
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posted 07 September 2004 11:55 AM      Profile for pogge   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Just a heads-up for y'all. There's a new group blog that's been started by Nathan Newman called The Labor Blog.

From the introductory post:

quote:
Enter a new group blog on labor issues.

Why? Well, for those of us in and around the labor movement, it's because we think what people do 8+ hours per day, 5+ days a week is where the fate of the nation and the world rests. When workers have power in the workplace, they end up with power in the political world, just as employers use power in the private economy to leverage privileges from the public sector.

That's the simplest message for many of the political folks who frequent progressive blogs, but the importance of unions goes beyond this year's election to whether there will democracy not just every four years but every day when people go to work. A union is about having a chance to vote on what your benefits will be, whether you have child care or have time to stay home with the kids when you want to, and, at the most basic level, whether you have the dignity of a voice at work.



Might be worth keeping a eye on.

Note: the URL will soon be www.laborblog.org. It takes a day or two for the internet to catch up sometimes.


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robbie_dee
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posted 07 September 2004 12:53 PM      Profile for robbie_dee     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Thanks. There are quite a few other blog-type labour resources out there on the internet, too.

Maybe we can use this thread to share a few. Personally, I quite like the Joe Hill Dispatch.

Eric Lee's Labourstart is not a blog, but is one of the best sources for labour news out there.

[ 07 September 2004: Message edited by: robbie_dee ]


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