People ask all the time – how do we at Labor Rising/Labor Combat get the numbers that are contained in our research and blogs? One of those sources is The Construction Chart Book. The Construction Chart Book, now in its 6th Edition, started in 1990. Here is the link: https://www.cpwr.com/publications/construction-chart-book The Chart Books are a… Continue Reading
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The Construction Chart Book – 6th Edition – and this means what to me!?!
Posted in Labor Rising Also tagged 6th Edition, Building Trades, CPWR, Failed Value on Display, Labor Rising, Organizing Comments closed
Union Organizing & Following the Money –
The theater of making President Obama the republican’s piñata is just that – it defines in public a perception of a Republican agenda. It is subterfuge to their real agenda. Rhetoric and political theatre masks a very real high stakes poker game of power and greed playing out behind the curtain. Karl Rove’s masterful use… Continue Reading
Posted in Labor Rising Also tagged Building Trades, Danny L Caliendo, Heavy and Highway, Labor Rising, Labor Unions, Market Share, Organizing, Richard Trumka Comments closed
Criticism vs. Debate
A senior staff member from the office of the Building Trades took me to task on Thursday the 3rd. In part he stated “all you ever do is criticize what we are doing”. That is not my intention. When the numbers and the strategy of Value on Display don’t match reality, I feel an obligation… Continue Reading
