A Fresh Look At The Luddite Movement

"'Luddite' should never have become the epithet that it is as the Luddites were never afraid of or opposed to technological advancement, they only opposed the exploitation of workers and the degradation to society that came with the unfair distribution of the benefits of the targeted technology."

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New Tech and the Luddite Movement

The Dawn Of A Labor Renaissance?

"Rays of hope for the worker's struggle against unfettered, exploitative capitalism are coming from multiple angles as strikes from creatives in Hollywood and autoworkers in Detroit are striking to demand wages, benefits, and protections while executives make arguments for why workers should be made to feel the threat of poverty to keep them in line."

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Workers Rights Ascending

Monopolies Are A Major Problem For The USA

"Besides their lawsuits against Google and Amazon, the FTC and the Justice Department have proposed new merger guidelines to keep monopolies in check. Not surprisingly, giant corporations are doing whatever they can to stop these new protections from taking effect.

"The optimist in me thinks that as the public becomes more aware of the close connections among corporate power, predation, inflation, wage suppression, and political corruption, the new antitrust movement will eventually succeed." 

~ Robert Reich (/former Sec of Labor under Pres Clinton)

Click on the link below for the details of why and how the USA has allowed this cancer on our economy and democracy:

Who's most responsible for the monopolization of America?

On Labor Day Ponder The Value Of Unions

Unions are DIRECTLY connected to the growth of the economy and the welfare of the working class/USA as a whole. Click on the two links below for the details:

FACT SHEET: Treasury Department Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Report on Benefits of Unions to the U.S. Economy

Let's talk about the Treasury Report and You

The History And Present Of The Labor Movement In The USA

"Today, we take a look at the history and present of the labor movement to demonstrate how times may change but the fundamental struggle, including many of the exact tactics, remains the same. Plus, get ready to get excited about salts, the secret ingredient in labor movement."

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Tactics and Counter-Tactics of the Struggle for Labor Rights

The Labor Movement Needs More Support

"Today, we take a look at the labor dispute within our freight rail industry as well as other unionization fights that corporations are vehemently opposing while the Democrats and Biden, the "most pro-labor president ever" are doing precious little to help."

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The Labor Movement is a Hot Mess

Labor Unions

 "Today we take a look at some of the history of labor struggles in America and the current wave of strikes that is giving renewed energy to the labor union movement and the struggle for better working conditions for all."

Click on the link below for a podcast presenting the history of labor unions in the USA and a hopeful future for them:

People Are Waking Back Up To The Need For Labor Unions