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

World

India farmers stop price freeze on sugar cane
November 21, 2009 By Scott Marshall
NEW DELHI- Over 12,000 sugarcane farmers demonstrated in New Delhi on Thursday (Nov. 19) to demand higher prices for their crop.
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U.S.

The invisible wounds of unjust wars
November 8, 2009 By Scott Marshall
The terrible mayhem and slaughter last week at Fort Hood Texas shocked us all. All of us feel deeply for the families, the loved ones and the friends of those who were hurt and killed.
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Labor

USW vs. Georgia Pacific: another ‘Employee Free Choice’ moment
November 4, 2009 By Scott Marshall
WHEATFIELD, Ind. — United Steelworkers and retirees from around Indiana and Illinois came to this rural area here Nov.3 to show support for their union at Georgia Pacific's wallboard plant there.
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Labor

French and U.S. labor fight plant closing in France
November 2, 2009 By Scott Marshall
American union members joined workers from the French union federationto demonstrate against Molex Inc in Lisle, Ill. Video included.
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U.S.

Protests rock Chicago bankers conference
October 26, 2009 By Scott Marshall
CHICAGO — Chanting "ABA you're the worst, time to put the people first," over 1,000 people confronted the officers of some of America's biggest banks today, Oct. 26, on the second of three days of protest...
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Labor

SLIDESHOW Before G20, Pittsburgh marches for jobs
September 24, 2009 By Scott Marshall
Pittsburgh labor and community coalitions held two marches Sunday, Sept. 20 demanding jobs and immediate relief for the unemployed aimed at the G20 meetings starting on Thursday, Sept. 24.
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Labor

It’s the working class
September 13, 2009 By Scott Marshall
I got my all time favorite t-shirt from the AFL-CIO online store. It's black with red lettering and reads, "Kicking Ass for the Working Class." The "Kicking Ass" part appeals to my Southern roots, experiences like...
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U.S.

Video: Rep. Jesse Jackson hosts town hall on health reform
August 20, 2009 By Scott Marshall
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., hosted an overflow town hall meeting on health care reform August 18th. He hailed the meeting, held in a local church, as a model of civil and respectful debate and discussion.
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