Last night on Blue Collar Buzz, we used the Spotlight on American Labor History segment to underscore what I believe are two pertinent, yet often overlooked facts. First of all,
Eber Garcia Vasquez has been shipped off to Guatemala. He has been disposed of as though he were nothing more than unsightly rubbish, and that was just plain wrong. Now
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.
One of our esteemed guests on last night’s program was Vinnie Alvarez, President, New York City Labor Council.
All of us have heard, and probably used at some time in our lives, the old expression: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” There is no doubt, that as
OPEN SHOP: A business that employs workers without regard to union membership. In the 1920s the “open shop” employed an ill‑disguised attempt to get rid of bona fide unions. States
