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...perceived injustices of the American workplace have begun to stir a new militancy among workers. And that has helped produce signs of a comeback. "In 2 1/2 years I haven't seen as much raw anger as I see in the workplace today," U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich told a Time conference on the economy two weeks ago. "One thing I've heard repeatedly around the country from unorganized workers is the following: 'I never thought about joining a union, but for the first time I'm now thinking about it, because I need somebody to protect...
...task for the next AFL-CIO president will be to help overcome such barriers and infuse new life in the once proud movement. "Whoever wins is going to devote substantially more resources to organizing," says Reich. In the final analysis, he adds, "working people may simply turn to unions as their only alternative. But for that to happen, unions are going to have to be a lot more vigorous and imaginative." Labor's toughest job still lies ahead...
...forum left little doubt that Clinton plans to capitalize on the wage-gap issue in the 1996 elections. Declared Labor Secretary Robert Reich: "Income inequality and the decline in median wages will be major campaign themes" for the President. But conservatives think that the budget-balancing plan will boost the economy and that they'll get the credit. Said Stephen Moore, director of fiscal-policy studies for the conservative CATO Institute: "If Democrats talk about redistributing income and Republicans talk about economic growth, the Republicans will...
...Morning in the Burned House, have become a kind of ghost town from which they can't--and don't necessarily want-to escape. God isn't exactly dead, but He seems to be on permanent leave. One is reminded of Geoffrey Hill's pithy "Ovid in the Third Reich": "God is distant, difficult/Things happen...
...Neville Chamberlain, said that arming the Bosnians would prolong the conflict. He is absolutely right. Had the U.S. not "prolonged the conflict" by arming the British in World War II, Herr Major would now be celebrating Oktoberfest in Trafalgar Square as we entered year 63 of the thousand-year Reich. We must never forget...