Union News

Welcome to Union News, which I hope will be a clearing house of news of the labor front. I was an organizer for the United Mine Workers of America for several years and although I am no longer in that great organization, I have decided to go ahead and began again talking about the need for organized Labor.

I will cover all Unions, even international organizations that are fighting for the rights of workers. If need be, I will take the Unions to task if I see something not right. I will attempt to have a fair and open comment policy – more on that later – as opposed to what the AFL-CIO has done on their blog.

Speaking of the AFL-CIO, I don’t like them. I don’t care for Change to Win either, considering that they tried to split the labor movement in a time when we needed solidarity.

I supported President-Elect Obama for President and I have high hopes that he will fulfill his promises to organized labor, especially in passing the Employee Free Choice Act.