Letters to the Editor

Hurting Teachers Won't Help the Students - Boston Globe

Guy McGuinn — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:52:18 -0400

"In the name of educational reform, Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston and Governor Patrick have proposed legislation that would strip teachers of their collective bargaining rights. Their approach is both unfair to teachers and unresponsive to the needs of students who attend so-called underperforming schools."

Big Business is Using Intimidation to Fight Change - StlToday.com

Guy McGuinn — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:40 -0400

"Big business has always used intimidation to fight change whether it was to ban child labor, reduce the work week to 40 hours, or keep working conditions clean and safe. If not for the courage of common working people every factory today would be a sweatshop."

Unions Wrote History - The News-Press

Mass AFL-CIO — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:13:00 -0400

"Without the efforts of the American unions there would be no child labor laws, no limits on hours worked, no workman's comp laws protecting the injured from being tossed aside when hurt and unable to work. Union men and women built this country's infrastructure you now take for granted."

A Vital Postal System - New York Times

Guy McGuinn — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:02:00 -0400

"The Postal Service must remain a public service if we are to honor our nation’s commitment to serve every American community at uniform rates."

Getting Smart Before Going Green - Sprinfield Republican

Guy McGuinn — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:40:23 -0400

"The Bay State understands that green industries can't flourish without a specially trained work force."

Workers would be helped by passing union legislation - Portland Press Herald (ME)

Amanda Montgomery — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:53:14 -0400

"Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is essential to our economy's recovery."

EFCA would give power to employees - Juneau Empire

Amanda Montgomery — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:30:31 -0400

"As it pertains to the Employee Free Choice Act and a somewhat venomous letter to the editor published May 8, disparaging the Vince Beltrami and John Sweeney (Alaska and national AFL-CIO leaders) letter, I'd like to make some comments that might help to set the record straight."

Enhanced benefits are not 'prizes', they're earned - Boston Globe

Amanda Montgomery — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:14:24 -0400

"Public safety employees who risk their lives every day are not thinking about the 'lucrative prizes' that await them at the end of their careers."

Workers deserve to have a choice - Terre Haute Tribune Star

Amanda Montgomery — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:35:01 -0400

"If it’s OK for employers to organize together as a 'chamber' to further their interests, why isn’t it OK for employees to organize together to further their interests..."

This test fails - Boston Herald

Amanda Montgomery — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:02:50 -0400

"The bill to mandate drug and alcohol testing of all public safety personnel is far from being a 'simple solution and no-brainer'".