Larry Rubin

Larry Rubin has been a union organizer, a speechwriter and an editor of union publications. He was a civil rights organizer in the Deep South and is often invited to speak on applying Movement lessons to today's challenges. He has produced several folk music shows.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Larry Rubin

Labor

Corporations, courts, right wingers gang up on workers to kill overtime extension
December 1, 2016 By Larry Rubin
A federal judge in Texas has bowed to the wishes of corporate lobbying groups and has blocked a measure that would have increased by 12.5 million the number of workers eligible to receive overtime pay.
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Labor

Labor movement observers say two types of populism have emerged
November 21, 2016 By Larry Rubin And Mark Gruenberg
The new populist movements have upended the movers and shakers of both the Democratic and Republican parties.
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U.S.

Marchers in D.C.: The people, not Trump, killed the TPP
November 18, 2016 By Larry Rubin
The facts, as usual, are not stopping Trump from writing his own version of them.
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Labor

Labor maps strategy to win back Trump voters
November 17, 2016 By Larry Rubin
For progressive activists, the loudest wake-up call in many years blared this past Election Day.
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Labor

At AFL-CIO meeting Elizabeth Warren warns Trump: “We’ll fight you”
November 14, 2016 By Larry Rubin

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U.S.

Trump wins; people organize
November 9, 2016 By Larry Rubin
Trump used lies, fear-mongering and scapegoating to gain the support of many of the victims of anti-worker policies that enrich the already wealthy.
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Politics

Vote like life itself were hanging in the balance. It is!
November 7, 2016 By Larry Rubin
“Trump preys on economic fears and old hates; encourages his supporters to resort to violence.”
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Labor

Missing from election debate: Unions key to economy, democracy
November 3, 2016 By Larry Rubin
Without collective bargaining, workers' lives are at the mercy of the whims of management.
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