Tony Pecinovsky
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Pecinovsky
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U.S.
Fast food workers plan civil disobedience as employers “freak out” over NLRB ruling
July 31, 2014The "$15 and a union" campaign won an NLRB decision that could dramatically change the organizing landscape in favor of fast food workers.
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“Death Blow to Jim Crow” comes highly recommended
July 15, 2014At its peak, the National Negro Congress (NNC) included over 3,000 civic, religious, fraternal, labor and community organizations representing millions people.
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Opinion
Reflections on the Communist Party convention
July 10, 2014Recently the CPUSA held its 30th National Convention in Chicago. It was an impressive event showcasing the party's depth of work throughout the movements for justice.
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A largely forgotten tale: Communist Party’s role in the South
June 24, 2014The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 challenges the notion that Southern white workers were incapable of action with African Americans.
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U.S.
Missouri Republicans fail to achieve much of their agenda
May 21, 2014"Their whole legislative agenda revolves around this one central idea: Weaken unions and increase profits for big corporations."
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Labor
Missouri workers fight anti-union legislation
April 1, 2014"HB 1617 is a patronizing bill that doesn't treat state workers like adults, it treats them like children who don't know what they are doing when they sign an authorization card to join a union."
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Labor
Outpouring in Missouri Capital demands end to attacks on labor
March 27, 2014"Today we are united, side by side; we have to stick together, because if we lose, everyone who works for a living will pay the price."
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Labor
Faculty in tough negotiations at Harris-Stowe State U
February 27, 2014"It often feels like students are an afterthought and professors are an inconvenience."
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