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The IBT on Reality TV: A Fighting Teamster Teams Up With Mark Wahlberg - In These Times
One longtime Boston truck driver, a Teamster who did not want to be identified, is similarly worried about A&E's project. “What if Local 25 looks too much like Teamsters of the past?” he asks. “Is this movie thing just going to be a puff piece for Sean ...
Mayors, DHS Coordinated Occupy Attacks - In These Times
The official, who spoke on background to me late Monday evening, said that while local police agencies had received tactical and planning advice from national agencies, the ultimate decision on how each jurisdiction handles the Occupy protests ...
A Predictable Script: Cain, Thomas and Sexual Harassment - In These Times
Peyser also quoted an anonymous source saying that “It's easy to see how she won [Cain] over. But the reality of her situation is—she's a complete gold digger.” That “anonymous source,” of course, sounds a lot like the Cain campaign's recent e-mail ...
Egypt's Poverty—and Years of Strikes—Set Stage for Popular Uprising - In These Times
A labor activist who asked to remain anonymous lamented, “We are loving, hard-working people. Unfortunately, we are not very good fighters.”
'Class War' Between Private and Public Sector Unions? - In These Times
Several New York City labor activists who spoke off the record said that LaBarbera is willing to take on public employees over pay and wages in order to ...
Kaiser's Bitter Labor War - In These Times
Two other labor law experts—one employed by a union, the other an academic at the NLRB—concurred with Dannin, but asked not to be named. ...
What LIUNA's Return to AFL-CIO Means for Federation's Building Trade Unions - In These Times
A longtime, high-ranking union official, who did not wish to be identified due to the subject matter, noted that this should make some of the other members ...
Letter from the UP: Union Members at the Iron Inn - In These Times
A union carpenter who declined to give his name has less sense of solidarity, but rather the individualistic spirit also characteristic of the region. ...
'Which Side Are You On?' - In These Times
As one AFL-CIO official, who requested anonymity, put it: “The federation's position was at best short-sighted, careless and clueless. ...