They want Truth, Justice and Righteousness to prevail. So they say. But they're against prevailing wages. "Prevailing wage laws set requirements for businesses to compete for taxpayer-funded project. …
The release of Open AI’s ChatGPT has sent shockwaves throughout the world. Along with its AI graphics generator Dall-E, AI now appears poised to do the kinds of work once thought exclusive to …
He had led a checkered life until the moment that defined his character. He hadn't aspired to fortune or fame and hadn't made any mark on family, friends or colleagues, much less the world. He used …
The Communication Workers of America Local 1182, which represents the city’s 2,500 traffic enforcement agents, are asking for body-worn cameras (BWCs) as a part of their contract talks. Traffic …
Flight or fight? Why does it have to be one or the other when you can choose both? Yesterday I felt like giving chase and strangling a guy in a Charger who cut me off on the highway at a speed that …
If acronyms could solve crimes, Mayor Eric Adams would be Sherlock Holmes. His administration’s latest plan to combat retail theft, aka shoplifting, is rife with catchy abbreviations that won’t …
"It's never too soon to jump-start your resume.” Your first job can be the start of something big. Attitude is everything. There is dignity in a hard day's work and any job is a good job if you can …
Although the Supreme Court recently rejected banning the sale of over the counter medical abortion pills, it’s too soon to breathe a sigh of relief. Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health …
TV's "The View" and the WWE professional wrestling shows are unaffected by the strike by the more than 11,000 member Writers Guild of America against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television …
Hello to all the great mothers, aunts, grandmothers, cousins and women who make this world a little kinder, smarter and gentler. Hope you had a great Mother’s Day. The weather certainly …
The punishment should fit the crime. Does it ever? Maybe in high-profile cases when the myth of equal justice must be perpetuated to dodge the bullet of calls for reform. The nexus between …
The holy grail for private sector unions is the NLRB election. Unionizing campaigns are organized with the narrow objective of acquiring signatures from at least 30 percent of workers to trigger an …
After an explosive arrival early in the pandemic the gig worker organization Los Deliveristas Unidos is facing internal dissent as progress on their demands stalls and watered down. As it gains …
In the name of religion, all things are possible and many have been attempted with mixed, often dire results. That's one of the disturbing takeaways from both a passionate or dispassionate study of …
The Aztec and Mayan civilizations have passed on their legacies of human sacrifice to the American judicial system. Doing one's civil duty can rip out one's heart. It's an exercise in democracy.The …
A steward’s work is never done. And it’s often challenging work, especially when representing difficult members. As union stewards, and this is true of staff organizers too, we have a duty …
Genome editing technology can alter DNA. It works for organisms but not for employers.Sometimes they are inclined to run their workplaces fairly, but it must never be left to their choice alone. …
Last October 31, one of the largest nonprofit organization staff in the country began a two-week long unfair labor practices strike. Their employer was accused of unilaterally declaring impasse after …
Years ago, I tagged along as an invited guest to a testimonial dinner in honor of a nursing home magnate. It was probably a premature lifetime award affair. Any excuse for a party. There were fine …
The phrase "an aha moment" refers to a "moment of sudden insight or discovery.” Most flashes of enlightenment are highly unreliable. But listening to a radio talk-show, I had such an "aha …
If things continue as they have for the last 20 years or so, and particularly in the last five or 10, it may be time (or even past time, I’d argue) for the Democratic Party to declare independence …
We are in the middle of an exciting surge in the labor movement. New workers are organizing to take on the boss. If you have been organizing and building momentum, what comes next? We are often told …
Got a moment? Look up to the sky and beyond. Imagine the trillions of invisible signals speeding undeterrable from space, knowing exactly which hand-held device on silent mode in someone's pocket …
Decriminalize prostitution, maybe. Criminalize psychiatry, definitely. Or at least radically transform it back to its roots. Away from politics and its strangling alliance with Big Pharma, the …
There has been inspiring growth of support for unions and increased organizing and strikes in the past few years. Despite these signs of progress, little seems to have changed. Workers at Amazon, …