Harry Kelber
Labor's Voice for Change is a new labor organization that is designed to protect the basic rights of union members. It provides a voice for union men and women who are striving for a bigger and stronger labor movement. In line with its democratic principles, it is campaigning for a free and fair elections at the AFL-CIO convention.
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Articles by Harry Kelber
January 13, 2010
Despite optimistic talk that the nation had recovered from the economic recession, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 85,000 jobs had been lost in Dec. 2009. There are now, by government account, some 24 million people who are unemployed or without full-time work. The number of long...
December 14, 2009
About 20,000 workers at South Africa´s second biggest retailer, Pick ´n Pay, went on strike Dec. 11 to protest against alleged racism at the South African grocery chain. An estimated 3,000 workers, clad in red t-shirts and carrying placards with slogans, such as "Pick ´n Pay are M...
November 02, 2009
The United Steelworkers (USW) and MONDRAGON Internacional, S.A. have announced a framework agreement for collaboration in establishing MONDRAGON cooperatives in the manufacturing sector within the United States and Canada. The USW and the Spanish-based MONDRAGON will work to establish manufacturing ...
October 01, 2009
... and How Will We Do It?
At just about every labor rally anywhere in the United States, speakers are talking about jobs, good jobs, union jobs, "green" jobs. Our newly elected AFL-CIO leaders are urging us, with "feel good" speeches, to work together and "fight for jobs," So what are we to...
October 01, 2009
Jobs Must Be at Top of Agenda, World´s Labor Leaders Tell G20
Meetings of world trade union leaders with G20 host President Barack Obama and other heads of governments in Pittsburgh on the eve of the Summit have helped push employment to the top of the agenda for action by the world´...
August 04, 2009
In a hard-hitting statement, prompted by the loss of still another 467,000 jobs in June, the AFL-CIO Executive Council called for a second stimulus package to implement the Obama administration´s $787 billion recovery plan, enacted last February.
In a policy statement adopted at a special ...
July 30, 2009
And What Have They Failed to Do Until Now?
Here is the current situation regarding the Employee Free Choice Act in Congress. EFCA has more than enough votes to pass the House, but it faces trouble in the Senate, where, although the Democrats have the 60 votes to prevent a Republican filibuster,...
July 26, 2009
Hundreds of discharged workers from South Korea´s Ssangyong Motors have continued to clash with police as they resist efforts to end a two-month siege at the company´s main factory. Up to 600 workers have been occupying the paint shop part of the factory in protest against massive job cuts that are ...
July 19, 2009
A half dozen U.S. Senators, normally friends of labor, eliminated a "card-check" provision in proposed legislation that would require an employer to recognize a union as soon as a majority of workers signed cards saying they wanted a union. Unions insisted they needed the law, Employee Free Choice...
July 12, 2009
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) launched an international campaign for nuclear disarmament on July 11. The campaign is being run in cooperation with the worldwide "Mayors for Peace" group, which covers more than 2,000 cities in 130 countries. There are currently about 24,000 nucl...
July 10, 2009
Will Urge Strong Support at AFL-CIO Convention.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) will propose an eight-point "JOBS Now!" initiative, that it w ill ask the AFL-CIO to adopt at its 2009 convention this September. The ambitious goal of the IAM campaign ...
July 06, 2009
Some 467,000 jobs disappeared in June, raising the jobless rate to 9.5 percent, the highest in the last 26 years. It was a clear indication that the recession was far from over, despite optimistic predictions from many economists. There was also a monthly increase of 433,000 Americans who had been u...