Mark Maynard | Maine

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, labor, LD 1346, minimum wage, Missouri, murals, Paul LePage, Rachel Maddow, rewriting history, threats to the middle class, union busting | 20 Comments

Remembering the Triangle Factory Fire

By Mark | March 27, 2011

As I didn’t see it anywhere in the corporate media over the past few days, I thought that I should at least mention that March 25th marked the 100th anniversary of New York’s Triangle Factory Fire. The tragic event claimed the lives of 146 people, most of them young immigrant women, and galvanized the American […]

Posted in History, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1911, Asch Building, Clara Lemlich, cloakmakers, collective bargaining, Frances Perkins, garment trade, International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, labor history, murals, Paul LePage, Pinkertons, revisionist history, rewriting history, sweatshop, Triangle Factory Fire, Triangle Waist Company, union busting, unions, William Looney, Women's Trade Union League, worker safety, workers rights | 13 Comments

Rewarding Corporations While Punishing Workers

By Mark | March 19, 2011

Our friends at ThinkProgress had a great piece yesterday on how different states are setting out to address their budget shortfalls. It would seem that not all states are seeking to balance their budgets on the backs of the middle class while at the same time handing away billions in tax breaks to the corporate […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Arizona, Brian Schweitzer, Chris Christie, Dan Malloy, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Jan Brewer, John Kasich, Kansas, Larry O'Neal, Mark Dayton, Michigan, New Jersey, Nikki Haley, Ohio, Paul LePag, Pennsylvania, Republican governors, Rick Scot, Rick Snyder, Sam Brownback, South Carolina, ThinkProgress, Tom Branstad, Tom Corbett | 35 Comments

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