Scott Marshall

Scott has been a life long trade unionist and was active in rank and file reform movements in the Teamsters, Machinists and Steelworkers unions in the 1970s and '80s. He was co-chair of the Save Our Jobs committee of USWA local 1834 at Pullman Standard in Chicago and active in nationwide organizing against plant shutdowns and layoffs. He was a founder of the unemployed organization Jobs or Income Now (Join), in Chicago, and the National Congress of Unemployed Organizations in the 1980s. Scott remains active in SOAR (Steelworkers Active Organized Retirees). He lives in Chicago.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Scott Marshall

Labor

The labor movement is talking – is the left listening?
July 1, 2013 By Scott Marshall
All of us on the left who see the importance of strengthening the labor movement need to be fully engaged in this process.
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Labor

Corporate America – you didn’t build that – really!
March 20, 2013 By Scott Marshall
Real democracy should mean that as a part of the team that actually built that, you should have some say in how that profit is distributed and spent.
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Opinion

“Free the Wilmington Ten!” forty years later
January 4, 2013 By Scott Marshall
Forty years. Damn it's been a long time.
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Labor

Video: Nationwide actions greet Walmart on Black Friday
November 26, 2012 By Scott Marshall
Actions ranged from picket lines to in-store actions.
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Labor

Video: Steelworker leader honored in Chicago
November 16, 2012 By Scott Marshall
Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers union came to Chicago this week to receive a Visionary Leader Award presented to him.
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U.S.

Romney’s entitlement and the 2012 elections
October 22, 2012 By Scott Marshall
Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, and far-right Republicans love to throw around the word "entitlement." What breathtaking hypocrisy!
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Opinion

A book for Labor Day: “Playing Bigger Than You Are – A Life In Organizing”
August 30, 2012 By Scott Marshall
This Labor Day workers will be marching and highlighting union and election struggles around the country. After the marches, it might be a good time to kick back and read a good book by a leader...
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Opinion

Workers of the world are uniting
June 25, 2012 By Scott Marshall
Last week IndustriALL, a new global union, was formed in Copenhagen, Denmark. It represents 50 million workers in 350 unions from all over the world.
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