“There’s no such thing as neutral. You have to be on one side or the other. Some people say, “I don’t take sides – I’m neutral.” There’s no such thing. In your mind you’re on one side or the other. In Harlan County there wasn’t no neutral. If you wasn’t a gun thug, you was …
August 3, 2010 – 2:08 am
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By Norwood
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Posted in Unions
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Tagged Aunt Molly Jackson, Coal, Coal Miners, Florence Reece, Harlan County, Kentucky, Labor History, Middle Class, Organize, Rand Paul, Senate, UMW, Unions, unions 101, Which Side Are You On?, Woody Guthrie, working class
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Having just left Las Vegas – a trip I set out on with the trepidatious goal of avoiding as much of the traditional Vegas Strip experience as possible, I’ve been ruminating on the efficiency of the Vegas machine at doing exactly what it is designed to do – extracting wealth from willing victims. Then Digby …
July 28, 2010 – 11:02 pm
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By Norwood
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Posted in Unions
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Tagged AFL-CIO, American Dream, George Carlin, Las Vegas, NN10, organizing, progressives, Richard Trumka, Unions, unions 101, working class
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Oh, you can’t scare me, I’m sticking to the union, I’m sticking to the union, I’m sticking to the union. Oh, you can’t scare me, I’m sticking to the union, I’m sticking to the union ’til the day I die. Union Maid by Woody Guthrie I firmly believe that unions are key to a revitalization …
LaFeminista posted a good Daily Kos diary about unions recently, and reading the diary and comments reminded me that despite my avid pro-union stance, until about 5 years ago when I lucked into a union job, I, like the vast majority of workers who are not as lucky as I am, really had no idea …