Mark Maynard | labor

U-M study finds that death rates are 34-40% higher for construction workers in right-to-work states

By Mark | April 7, 2011

If you ever find yourself wondering why it is that Republicans have it in for folks associated with institutions of higher learning, look no further than this recent study released by Roland Zullo of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy. Here’s a clip from the study’s executive summary. […]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Freedom of Information Act, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Rachel Maddow, right-to-work, Roland Zullo, Scott Walker, U-M Institute for Research on Labor Employment and the Economy, union busting, unions, University of Michigan, Wisconsin, worker safety, workplace fatalities | 6 Comments

Threats to American workers demand a President like FDR

By Mark | April 4, 2011

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has a great column about Maine Governor Paul LePage up on the Christian Science Monitor website this evening. LePage, as you’ll recall from our conversation a few days ago, is the man who recently made headlines for ordering murals depicting the advances of organized labor to be painted […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, History, Politics | Also tagged 1936, 40 hour work week, collective bargaining, Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, deregulation, FDR, Frances Perkins, Franklin D. Roosevelt, GE, Jeffrey Immelt, labor history, minimum wage, monopoly, New Deal, Obama, open for business, Paul LePage, privatization, Robert Reich, rolling back the New Deal, unions, Wall Street | 11 Comments

Get ready for the rollback of U.S. child labor laws… It’s starting

By Mark | April 2, 2011

As we discussed here not too long ago, Paul LePage, the new Tea Party-supported Governor of Maine, recently made national headlines for ordering the removal of a mural depicting the advances made by organized labor from his state’s Department of Labor building. The mural, among other things, includes a panel acknowledging the plight of Maine’s […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Act to Enhance Access to the Workplace for Minors, child labor, collective bargaining, Corporate Crime, David Burns, Debra Plowman, doublespeak, Jane Cunningham, LD 1346, Maine, minimum wage, Missouri, murals, Paul LePage, Rachel Maddow, rewriting history, threats to the middle class, union busting | 20 Comments

Tag Archives: labor

U-M study finds that death rates are 34-40% higher for construction workers in right-to-work states

Threats to American workers demand a President like FDR

Get ready for the rollback of U.S. child labor laws… It’s starting

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