Rick Nagin
LATEST ARTICLES BY Rick Nagin
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Labor
Trumpet-makers on strike get a brass band boost
August 17, 2011Facing cuts in wages and health care as well as total elimination of their pensions, workers at the highly profitable Conn-Selmer plant went on strike.
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U.S.
Ohioans rally for jobs, rights, Boehner locks them out
August 12, 2011Hundreds of workers and their allies at events throughout Ohio rallied this week for jobs and to restore union and voting rights under siege.
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Opinion
Debt deal: Time for diplomacy is over
August 4, 2011The Republicans are no ordinary opposition party with whom the Democrats can have amicable differences. They are racist, anti-labor, anti-democratic extremists, beholden to fascist-minded billionaires.
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Labor
It’s our turn: Campaign to repeal Senate Bill 5 takes off
July 22, 2011"You will take this fight over the finish line," AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka told Ohio union leaders yesterday. "You will restore the rights of 365,000 public employees!"
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U.S.
Kasich budget escalates class warfare
July 7, 2011Ohio Gov. John Kasich escalated his radical program of open class warfare last week with his new two-year budget.
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Labor
1.3 million Ohioans say no to anti-labor law
June 30, 2011The drive to repeal SB 5, the union-busting law that strips collective bargaining rights from public workers in Ohio, culminated in a massive "People's Parade" to deliver petitions with nearly 1.3 million signatures.
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Opinion
The battle for economic recovery
June 15, 2011Two recent government reports cut through all the rhetoric and posturing, expose the heart of the ongoing economic crisis.
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U.S.
Rebellion grows against Kasich
June 2, 2011With a petition drive to repeal his union-busting law in full swing, Ohio Gov. John Kasich faces growing isolation and sharply declining support.
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