Why was the internet originally created? Why did Thomas Savery invent the steam engine? Why was block printing invented? Why were labor unions formed during the Industrial Revolution? Why did Henry Ford invent the Model T? Why were video games invented?
Other smaller, temporary unions were formed over the decades for defensive and trade purposes, but the next major federation didn’t occur until 1754, when legislative representatives from 7 of the 13 British colonies attended the Albany Congress. The intention of this Congress was to discuss how ...
workers began pushing for unionization, a notoriously prolonged ordeal. But creating unions—even if they’re “solidarity unions,” which have fewer legal protections—is an investment in the future. Twelve tech-worker unions were formed in 2021, according to Collective Action in Tech’s analysis,...
The Norris La Guardia Act was passed in 1932 to protect organized labor and unions. Labor unions were restrained by legal and judicial barriers from certain activities and could be taken to court for striking, boycotting, picketing, and the like. The act also kept employers from forcing employe...
I voted, but not for Lightfoot, mainly for the reasons the article outlines: crime has soared in the city (several of our students were killed in the last few years), and she’s been at odds with unions and the school boards. She hasn’t been a particularly strong leader. You can te...
Edit: I didn't expect this to blow up. I'll leave above part intact (so others can see what was originally posted). I have since learned Drudge regularly delete their tweets, so one should not read anything into that. As for Wikileaks, also, apparently, no tweets for few days here ...
But it was only by abandoning Labour’s longstanding commitment to public stewardship of the economy and by distancing itself from the unions that Blair was able to get his hands on power. The 13 years of New Labour rule that ensued—the period in which Burial came of age an...
”Public Servant” , the concept on which the wonderful advances of democracy in early USA were originally based, per Franklin, Jefferson, and many other of our founders seems only to be a quaint artefact of the era when many folks would be exactly that, and then go back to their farm...
Policemen formed a cordon around Stevenson when he left the auditorium. Outside there were still more than a hundred pickets waiting for him. One woman was quite hysterical. Stevenson should have disregarded her, but he couldn’t; he had to wonder how his mere presence could bring this woman...
their influence is minimal. Almost all the communes or peasant associations in the Ukraine were formed at the instigation of the anarchist-communists. The armed struggle of the working people against the counter-revolution in general and the Austro-German invasion in particular has been undertaken wi...