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TTT1834 August 27 Shorter Work Week

We’ve all heard the predictions. As robots, driverless vehicles, and smart machines reduce the need for human labor, millions of jobs now done by people will become obsolete. John Crea, author of Recalibrating the Labor Market: How to Have Your Cake and Time to Eat It Too, thinks the time is right to replace the 40-hour work week with a shorter standard. Even better, he shows how this can be done without a reduction in weekly take-home pay. The result, Crea argues, will be stronger communities, more creative workers, and a better work-life balance.
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A Turning Point for Labor: The Strike that Transformed Minneapolis Eighty years ago, business interests had made Minneapolis one of the most anti-union towns in the country.  Teamsters Local 574 changed that with a strike that galvanized working people throughout the city and set the stage for the great labor victories of the 1930s. More[...] Read More »
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HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  During the election season of 1972 – when George McGovern was challenging the policies and programs – not to mention the leadership – of Richard Nixon in the latter’s first term and the continuing war in Vietnam (remember the Kent[...] Read More »
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many of us know and understand the struggles working people fought when corporations and managers abused their workers, the 100-year effort to improve wages and working conditions, to organize craftsmen and laborers, the police-supported thugs hired to prevent them from it. We know how labor unions that emerged from all that conflict gave us[...] Read More »
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TTT1120–May16-Labor'sUntoldStories

Remember – call and join the conversation – 612-341-0980 – or Tweet us @TTTAndyDriscoll or post on Facebook pages – TruthToTell’s or Andy’s Watch us in Studio 5! TruthToTell is now seen live on Livestream and later on Blip.tv. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many of us know and understand the struggles working people fought when corporations and managers abused their workers, the 100-year effort to improve wages and working[...] Read More »
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The ultimate example of what can happen when wealthy owners and managers ignore the human condition and exploit their workers to the maximum happened in many venues, but one of the worst was the fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City 100 years ago this month, trapping garment workers, mostly young immigrant women, many of[...] Read More »