A Workers Right To Organize-Two stories

If you want to do a compare and contrast about card check and the secret ballot method of organizing a union in the workplace, Workday Minnesota’s recent post, Videos about the Employee Free Choice Act, offers two informative videos produced by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.   The first one shows a successful [...]

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Bluestem Prairie on Hiatus-Ain’t That A Shame

After a day of  zipping around the packing house on my forklift, moving pork to its intended destination, I like to come home and relax and then see what Ollie Ox has to say at A Bluestem Prairie. Today I was a little shocked and saddened to read that Bluestem Prairie will be on hiatus [...]

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Amber’s Journey

March 1st marked the end of one journey and the beginning of another for a remarkable little girl by the name of Amber. She is now part of our family as my youngest daughter and her husband were named permanent legal guardians by the court effective March 1st. This has been a long process but has been [...]

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Seasons Greetings

  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from my family to yours.   Peace & solidarity,   CHC

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Is Bank of America Accountable to Anyone?

Chicago based company, Republic Windows, shut down its operations on Friday, December 5, after giving employees just a three day notice. Workers  have occupied the plant since the shutdown and plan on staying there until they see some justice. The company has said that Bank of America will not let them honor their commitments to [...]

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A first aid kit and hand sanitizer. Doesn’t get any better than this.

  Sign the petition here   Peace & solidarity, CHC

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Trumka’s Impassioned Speech About Racism.

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka delivered this fiery speech at the United Steelworkers convention in July of this year. Take the time to watch it. It is worth it.     Peace & solidartiy, CHC

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A Little Bit Of Financial History

The bailout of Wall Street was the top story of many news organizations this week. While reading my local weekly newspaper, the Rock County Star Herald, I took note of the Remember When column. Remember When takes a look back at the headlines throughout the last century. Surprisingly, there were several that dealt with banking. Twenty-five [...]

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Who Loves A Maverick??

I do…Well, at least this version.       Peace & solidarity, CHC

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The Fundamentals Of Our Economy Are Strong?

If you say so John. I guess I am one of the American workers that McCain is talking about. Does that make me a Fundamentalist??  Anyway, here is a short video essay I put together.       Peace & solidarity, CHC

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