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Showing videos filed under: New York City Central Labor Council
Ed Ott: Where Does the Power Lie?
May 18, 2010Even though today is the most important primary election day of the year, a slough labor protestors has invaded K Street to protest lobbying efforts against the banks as detracting attention from the actual state of the American peopleEd Ott, Developing Haiti?, and Car Bombings in Kabul
May 18, 2010Labor correspondent and executive director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Ed Ott joins us in the studio to discuss why Americans are so angry, how the outcomes of the primaries could affect these issues, and ask where the power really lies. After abysmal coverage of the massive labor protests against the Washington Lobbyist stronghold on K Street one of the protestors tweeted, “maybe you have to serve tea to get noticed.Tea Parties and Workers, Public Housing, and the Prop 8 Trial
January 26, 2010Tea party protests and labor unions might not seem at first to have much in common, but both groups are angry about bailouts of massive banks and the struggles of working people to make ends meet while jobs disappear overseas. Is the dispute between the tea parties and the progressive left just one of the means to an end?Tea Parties and Workers, Public Housing, and the Prop 8 Trial
January 12, 2010Tea party protests and labor unions might not seem at first to have much in common, but both groups are angry about bailouts of massive banks and the struggles of working people to make ends meet while jobs disappear overseas. Is the dispute between the tea parties and the progressive left just one of the means to an end?Tea Parties and Workers, Public Housing, and the Prop 8 Trial
January 12, 2010Tea party protests and labor unions might not seem at first to have much in common, but both groups are angry about bailouts of massive banks and the struggles of working people to make ends meet while jobs disappear overseas. Is the dispute between the tea parties and the progressive left just one of the means to an end?What Labor Wants
November 13, 2008Labor unions were a big part of Barack Obama’s victory. What would they like to see from the president elect? Universal healthcare for one and a huge stimulus package might be starting points. There’s also the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for unions to organize. Perhaps as a measure of how ambitious the effort will be, the anti-union and pro-business Chamber of Commerce said:A Period of Re-Regulation, Dave Glasser, and Transit Workers in Austin
November 12, 2008Labor unions were a big part of Barack Obama’s victory. What would they like to see from the president elect? Universal healthcare for one and a huge stimulus package might be starting points. There’s also the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for unions to organize. Perhaps as a measure of how ambitious the effort will be, the anti-union and pro-business Chamber of Commerce said:
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