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Anti-worker forces have developed a very interesting tactical approach to the demand of workers to join or form unions. They yell “democracy.”…
Bill Fletcher Jr
Bill Fletcher Jr (born 1954) has been an activist since his teen years. Upon graduating from college he went to work as a welder in a shipyard, thereby entering the labor movement. Over the years he has been active in workplace and community struggles as well as electoral campaigns. He has worked for several labor unions in addition to serving as a senior staffperson in the national AFL-CIO. Fletcher is the former president of TransAfrica Forum; a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies; and in the leadership of several other projects. Fletcher is the co-author (with Peter Agard) of “The Indispensable Ally: Black Workers and the Formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1934-1941”; the co-author (with Dr. Fernando Gapasin) of “Solidarity Divided: The crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice“; and the author of “‘They’re Bankrupting Us’ – And Twenty other myths about unions.” Fletcher is a syndicated columnist and a regular media commentator on television, radio and the Web.
Over the years I have gotten to know a guy named ‘Bob’ [not his real name]. The government would probably classify him…
A national march and rally sponsored by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is scheduled to be held in Washington,…
The Michael Steele 2006 Senatorial campaign in Maryland posed the question front and center of what does one mean by “Black Politics?†Does…
This election clearly represented both a repudiation of Bush but also very intense anger with the environment that has been building in…
The recent electoral victory of Evo Morales holds both immediate and potential significance. Morales, representing the indigenous majority, is the first indigenous…
Bill Fletcher is president of TransAfrica, a national policy organization in Washington dealing with issues surrounding Africa. After the reform administration of…
It’s football season and I feel the same way I do every autumn. Perhaps it is just that I want to have…
Good morning. On behalf of TransAfrica Forum and United for Peace and Justice, I wish to thank you very much for inviting…
Good evening. Let me begin by thanking Labor Notes, and Jane Slaughter in particular, for extending an invitation to me to speak…