Category Archives: Great Recession

For labor foes, Triangle fire never happened

Posted on March 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and a good time to acknowledge there are powerful people still determined to undo the progress made by organized labor in the aftermath of that disaster. Here’s Robert Reich … Continue reading →

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N.J. polls show Christie’s act may wear thin

Posted on March 23, 2011 by oddmanout215

Corbett in Pennsylvania, Christie in New Jersey, Walker in Wisconsin, Kasich in Ohio, Snider in Michigan, Daniels in Indiana and LePage in Maine are governors with the same objectives: break labor unions, privatize everything from school systems to liquor stores, … Continue reading →

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Nader to Dems: Are you with labor or agin’ it?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by oddmanout215

From The Raw Story : In an extended interview with Middle East news network Al Jazeera, consumer advocate and repeat U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader suggested that President Barack Obama is not supporting the labor movement because “they have nowhere … Continue reading →

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Shock and Awe 3.0, pre-released in Libya

Posted on March 21, 2011 by oddmanout215

Buried in the 16th paragraph of the NYT story about the Allied air assault on Libya: The international effort, called Operation Odyssey Dawn, may also present a double standard: While the West has taken punitive action against Libya, a relatively … Continue reading →

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To get to an Arizona bigot’s heart…

Posted on March 19, 2011 by oddmanout215

…hit him in the wallet, real hard: Arizona established itself over the past year as the most aggressive state in cracking down on illegal immigrants, gaining so much momentum with its efforts that several other states vowed to follow suit. … Continue reading →

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Corbett to constituents: Go frack yourselves

Posted on March 19, 2011 by oddmanout215

From the March 17 Philadelphia Daily News: It hasn’t gone unnoticed to Pennsylvanians that the natural-gas industry is drilling the Marcellus Shale without paying taxes, while Gov. Corbett has been drilling into education and Medicaid. According to a Daily News/Franklin … Continue reading →

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Autoworkers to Friedman: The world is round

Posted on March 19, 2011 by oddmanout215

From the March 17 New York Times: General Motors said Thursday that it would temporarily shut a truck plant in Louisiana because it could not get enough Japanese-made parts, the first in what analysts say could be widespread disruptions at … Continue reading →

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Arianna & the Koch bros, perfect together

Posted on March 19, 2011 by oddmanout215

From The Raw Story: The Huffington Post rebuffed a union boycott call over its practice of using unpaid bloggers, saying most of them are “thrilled to contribute” despite not being paid. The Newspaper Guild, a union of US media workers … Continue reading →

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Unemployment? Fuggedaboutit!

Posted on March 18, 2011 by oddmanout215

Paul Krugman responding to my post (I’m kidding) about Obama not even pretending to care about the unemployed: …No jobs bills have been introduced in Congress, no job-creation plans have been advanced by the White House and all the policy … Continue reading →

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Bernie Sanders is the real Obama, no fooling

Posted on March 17, 2011 by oddmanout215

In my view, we do need to boldly address our deficit crisis, but we need to do it in a way that is fair – that is not on the backs of the sick, the elderly, the children and the … Continue reading →

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