Scott Marshall

Scott has been a life long trade unionist and was active in rank and file reform movements in the Teamsters, Machinists and Steelworkers unions in the 1970s and '80s. He was co-chair of the Save Our Jobs committee of USWA local 1834 at Pullman Standard in Chicago and active in nationwide organizing against plant shutdowns and layoffs. He was a founder of the unemployed organization Jobs or Income Now (Join), in Chicago, and the National Congress of Unemployed Organizations in the 1980s. Scott remains active in SOAR (Steelworkers Active Organized Retirees). He lives in Chicago.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Scott Marshall

Opinion

Another chicken and egg story
September 1, 2010 By Scott Marshall
Given the need to feed a growing world population, what kind of farming is viable and sustainable today?
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Labor

Steelworkers show the way on fair trade
August 12, 2010 By Scott Marshall
Last week the United Steelworkers union (USW) announced important agreements with two Chinese clean energy companies.
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Labor

Locked-out Honeywell workers reject Kryptonite
August 9, 2010 By Scott Marshall
Over 2500 steelworkers and supporters converged on Metropolis Illinois for a mass rally and march against Honeywell this past Saturday.
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Opinion

World labor today
July 19, 2010 By Scott Marshall
Last month's congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), in Vancouver, Canada was an eye-opener. Labor in every country to shift gears and rethink how to fight. But this congress gave a clear picture of...
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Labor

Workers of the world need a “new global economic order”
July 6, 2010 By Scott Marshall
VANCOUVER, Canada - In the video below, Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, summarizes an opinion expressed by many at this global union meet: Make the banks pay to create jobs and clean up their mess.
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Labor

Mexican miners fight back: An interview with Napoleon Gomez
July 1, 2010 By Scott Marshall
In a video interview, the president of the National Miners, Metallurgical and Steelworkers Union of Mexico talks about the Mexican government's attack on copper miners.
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Labor

In Vancouver, global labor rallies for jobs
June 24, 2010 By Scott Marshall
SLIDESHOW: International unions rally for a global job creation agenda and a just economy for workers.
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Labor

World labor leaders: Reject dictatorship of markets
June 23, 2010 By Scott Marshall
VANCOUVER, Canada - World labor leaders gathered here in the second congress of the International Trade Union Confederation are of one mind in rejecting the "Washington consensus."
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