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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 08:48 PM
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How do we end the right to work laws?
I'm in Nebraska. The law is killing my local. We are right around the 50% need to keep the union certified. Nebraska has been right to work ( for less) since the late 40's. How do we end this unfair to unions law?
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bperci108 Donating Member (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-27-06 11:58 PM
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1. I know...I know...I sound like a broken record.....
www.iww.org

Spread the word among your co-workers, join the Wobblies and be two-carders for the time being, and if the Bosses and their stooges in the shop and government succeed in your decertification, then a little "direct action" is in order.

IOW, to hell with their rules and their stacked deck.

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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:51 PM
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2. framing has to be part of it
I don't know why we let union-busters get away with the term "right to work." People like the sound of having the right to work, so we're fighting an uphill battle before we even begin to educate someone about the impact of these laws.

We need an alternative name for these laws that tells people exactly what they are. "Right to work for less" is cute, but it's too close to the current term.

Any ideas?
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peacebuzzard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-25-06 01:49 PM
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3. "right to fire" is the well-known deserved cliche'--backlash undertow is
so enormous it is really going to take so much grassroots efforts in this important issue.:think:
Perhaps it is time we try to review what is occurring in S. America as far as the labor movements
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