Sentences with phrase «american labor movement»

Once a giant of the American labor movement, albeit a flawed one, Jimmy Hoffa has now been reduced to the punch line of virtually every joke that involves a sudden and mysterious disappearance.

Lesser evilism as a strategy has plagued the American labor movement for decades.

An agreement announced last week allowing local National Education Association unions to affiliate with the AFL - CIO signals that the NEA is willing to tighten ranks with the rest of the American labor movement in the face of formidable economic and political changes.

Understands the rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes

Any effort to understand why the teacher unions succeeded as they did must begin by recognizing that their emergence was not an isolated development in the American labor movement.

It is no accident that the American labor movement has been kept afloat by the success of public - sector unions - and that the largest, most powerful union in the country is not the Teamsters or the United Auto Workers, but the National Education Association.

Second, in the glory days of the American labor movement, under the visionary leadership of Walter Reuther and others, UAW fought epic battles that helped win working men and women the right to bargain collectively and helped make this a middle - class country.

In the annals of the American labor movement, contested unionization campaigns are a common story, often involving downtrodden workers struggling against the concerted opposition of wealthy, powerful, even malign employers.

ALBANY, NY (02/15/2012)(readMedia)-- CSEA President Danny Donohue, one of the most influential and well - respected leaders in the American labor movement, has been returned to office without opposition.

Stuart Appelbaum: A Gay Voice in American Labor's Top Ranks The president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a post he has held since 1998, Stuart Appelbaum is one of the most influential out gay people in the American labor movement.

Mr. Sheppard (Shep, to his friends) has in his time scratched up the U.S. Army, a U.S. Senator, the Attorney General's office, the New York State Harness Racing Commission and the American labor movement, all of which have been foolish enough to do him battle.

By the time things simmered down, Brooklyn's inner - city schools were in considerably worse shape, white liberals had become accustomed to making excuses for black violence, and the old alliances between the civil - rights movement, on the one hand, and the American labor movement and organized American Jewry, on the other, had been put under severe strain.

The state is, after all, the cradle of the American labor movement and the closed shop.

Not exact matches

But in Germany the labor movement remains strong, and on workplace issues the mainstream political parties, the Christian Democrats as well as the Social Democrats, are well to the left of their American and British counterparts.

Today marks four years since since the labor movement known as the Fight for $ 15 launched, and American fast - food employees and other hourly workers are continuing to push for a living wage.

Much of the debate about the Church and power conflicts now going on in many American cities seems very familiar because it is a replay of discussions in which I was involved in the 1930's when the chief issue was the relation of the churches to the labor movement in its early struggles to achieve...

Much of the debate about the Church and power conflicts now going on in many American cities seems very familiar because it is a replay of discussions in which I was involved in the 1930's when the chief issue was the relation of the churches to the labor movement in its early struggles to achieve power.

As she sees it, the growing success of the feminist movement combined with emancipation from domestic labor via technology to create a crisis for American society just after World War II, when millions of returning servicemen were flooding the job market.

This relatively new movement, which is also sometimes called student - centered learning, has its roots in the progressive strain of American educational thought, but its current incarnation is also based on the modern belief, common among corporate executives and other business leaders, that there is a major and potentially calamitous disconnect brewing between the historical structures and traditions of the American public school system and the labor - force demands of the 21st - century American economy.

From the battles of the unemployed and the campaigns to organize the CIO in the 1930s - 40s, through the civil rights and peace movements of the 1950s,»60s and»70s to the struggles that have given us the «new» labor movement, to the people's upsurge that elected our first African American president, and now the growing movements for a progressive, people's agenda — the 99 % — People's World and Mundo Popular have been there.

Later that same day, delegates will participate in a program focused on the future of the labor movement by well - known labor and social justice activist Bill Fletcher, Jr. in the Hart Theatre of The Egg, at 2 p.m. Fletcher is currently the director of Field Services and Education for the American Federation of Government Employees.

At its best, the labor movement can embody the essence of the American spirit - working together for the greater common good.

Virtually all senior members of New York City's organized labor movement attended, including Mario Cilento (president of the NYS AFL - CIO), Gary LaBarbera (president of the Buildings & Trades Council), Vinnie Alvarez (president of the NYC Central Labor Council), Mike Mulgrew (president of the United Federation of Teachers), Randi Weingarten (president of the American Federation of Teachers), George Miranda (president of Teamsters Joint Council 16), Stuart Appelbaum (president of RWDSU), George Gresham (president of 1199) and Grand Marshall Edgar Romney of Workers Ulabor movement attended, including Mario Cilento (president of the NYS AFL - CIO), Gary LaBarbera (president of the Buildings & Trades Council), Vinnie Alvarez (president of the NYC Central Labor Council), Mike Mulgrew (president of the United Federation of Teachers), Randi Weingarten (president of the American Federation of Teachers), George Miranda (president of Teamsters Joint Council 16), Stuart Appelbaum (president of RWDSU), George Gresham (president of 1199) and Grand Marshall Edgar Romney of Workers ULabor Council), Mike Mulgrew (president of the United Federation of Teachers), Randi Weingarten (president of the American Federation of Teachers), George Miranda (president of Teamsters Joint Council 16), Stuart Appelbaum (president of RWDSU), George Gresham (president of 1199) and Grand Marshall Edgar Romney of Workers Unite.

WASHINGTON — The National Education Association has made another step toward allying itself more closely with its chief rival, the American Federation of Teachers, as well as with other education associations and the labor movement as a whole.

A scholarship tax credit appeals to a diverse coalition of supporters: economically disadvantaged, working - class, and middle - class voters; African American and Hispanic clergy and parents; urban Catholics, Orthodox Jews, and evangelical voters; and a large swath of the labor - union movement (a scholarship tax credit proposal in New York is supported by 30 labor unions).

Following Mirabilis, her highly acclaimed debut, Susann Cokal blends pre-Raphaelite painting, American brothels, Utahan polygamists, a bit of cross-dressing, a dynamite - wielding labor movement, one California millionaire, and the invention of electrical sexual stimulation (as treatment for consumption) into a comic novel that gallops across the American West.

During the following years, The Great Hall provided a space for debating, rallying, and organizing the abolition, suffrage, labor, and Native American reform movements.

Featuring more than 250 sessions spanning a wide range of mediums, eras, movements, and perspectives, distinguished artist interviews include Coco Fusco with UCLA's Steven Nelson and several panels consider specific aspects of African American art and Black Lives Matter, as well as «Race and Representation,» «Race and Labor in the Art World,» and «Black Artists and the European Canon,» among other topics.

For the health and welfare of Americans, for the nation's economy, and for the stability of the planet, now is the time for the labor and environmental movements to come together for a Plan that dramatically reduces pollution from America's power plants, increases the energy efficiency of our economy, and reduces the threat of climate disruption.

The Russian revolution started on it, which really turned the day from green to red in the minds of Americans, many of whom do not think much of the labor movement.

Before the labor movement, factory owners would say «it was an accident» when American workers were injured in unsafe conditions.

The American environmental and labor movements have often been on opposite sides of the table, whether the issue is drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or raising fuel economy standards on American - made cars.