Labor Today articles from September 1989

Labor Today archives from September 1989

A new era of solidarity. (editorial)
September 22, 1989... A new era of solidarity Often a coal miner, or steelworker, or school teacher, too restless for sleep, will dash off a letter to their union journal or shop paper, with very little crossing out or correcting, and succeed somehow in saying...

Labor's #1 priority: a national health care system.
September 22, 1989... Labor's #1 Priority A National Health Care System One of the things that's new about the movement for a national health care system in the U.S. (a system that's at least as good as what our Canadian and Mexican neighbors have enjoyed...

New tactics responsible for union victory in five year struggle; German chemical giant BASF agrees to end nation's longest labor lockout.
September 22, 1989... New tactics responsible for union victory Workers representatives and negotiators from BASF Corporate headquarters reached a tentative agreement December 14 on the terms of a new 3-year agreement at the company's sprawling Louisiana Chemical...

On which side is the law? (unions vs. corporations)
September 22, 1989... On which side is the law? Speaking at a forum at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Kent School of Law on the coal miners' strike against Pittston was an opportunity to present the case of Justice vs. Injustice. The students were...

NY Daily News instigates 'war of nerves.'
September 22, 1989... NY Daily News instigates `War of Nerves' Although its union contracts do not expire until the end of next March, the New York Daily News is preparing for the possibility of a strike. The newspaper has begun sending managers and non-union...

Whose school reform? Corporate and labor agendas diverge sharply.
September 22, 1989... Corporate and Labor Agendas Diverge Sharply Whose School Reform? Chicago has just entered into an experiment in school reform through drastic decentralization. Under the Chicago system, much of the power and administrative bureaucracy of the...

Organized labor - key player for better education.
September 22, 1989... Organized Labor - Key player for better education When President Bush sat down with the Governors to discuss the need for educational reform, not a single trade union representative was among the invited participants. George Bush looks at...

Performing artists support coal miners strike. (includes related article on artist and button maker Mark Rogovin)
September 22, 1989... Performing artists support Coal Miners Strike Over a two-month period, close to a thousand members of the public at large have experienced an urban facsimile of the atmosphere of solidarity and unity that permeates the western Virginia coal...

British unions suspicious of Thatcher's new labor czar. (Margaret Thatcher, Gill Rowlands)
September 22, 1989... British unions suspicious of Thatcher's new labor czar London - Margaret Thatcher called in club-wielding, mounted police to help her ride down the British coal miners' strike of 1984-85. Today, the Prime Minister has a new chief cop on the...

Overtime - buddy of the boss.
September 22, 1989... Overtime - Buddy of the Boss Overtime is a way for employers to rake in extra profits from our labor. Employers gain much more from OT than workers ever get out of it. Working OT enables the employer to exploit workers more effectively....

Nonfinancial Economics: the Case for Shorter Hours of Work.
September 22, 1989... Nonfinancial Economics: The case for shorter hours of work Our Own Time provides the first full account of the movement in the United States to shorten the working day. Almost everybody knows that May Day and the movement for the eight-hour...

Less than third of jobless obtain benefits.
September 22, 1989... Less Than Third of Jobless Obtain Benefits Unemployment insurance in Illinois and other states is designed, in theory, to provide workers who have involuntary left their jobs with some economic assistance until they find a job. Because of...

Changing This Country.
September 22, 1989... "Changing This Country" "Changing This Country" is an award-winning documentary film that tears open the apartheid South African government's curtain of silence surrounding its brutal oppression of the black population. The film was produced...

Reclaiming Our Future.
September 22, 1989... Reclaiming Our Future Retired IAM President William W. Winpisinger finished his career by writing a book which clearly answers the question, "Does Winpisinger's retirement mean we will no longer be hearing from him?" with a resounding, "Not...

New thinking about rank and file movements. (Not the Last Word)
September 22, 1989... New Thinking About Rank and File Movements The rank and file movement (or caucus) within the United Automobile Workers Union, which goes by the appealing name of "The New Directions Movement" had a very important gathering in St. Louis...