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Retired labor union official, newspaper editor/reporter, and community worker. Also community activist.

Month: January 2013

Seneca Falls, Selma, Stonewall! Where was Flint?

January 22, 2013

Perhaps the most memorable phrase in President Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural Address was this: “We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths –- that all of us are created equal –- is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall .…
The myths of R-T-W laws

January 1, 2013

Myths continue to dominate discussions of the so-called right-to-work laws, as witnessed by letters to the editor and comments from columnists who should seem to know better. The principal myth is in the name, “Right-to-work,” since the law confers no right to a job for anyone! It’s an ancient bit of clever marketing by pro-business…