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

Labor

Chicago Southeast Side rally for teachers (with video)
September 2, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Teachers, steelworkers, electricians, firefighters and other union members, their families and supporters, rallied here on the Southeast Side to defend teachers and union rights.
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Labor

Steelworkers honor Danny Glover and Ed Schultz (with video)
August 22, 2011 By Scott Marshall
On the final day of their International Convention 2011, the United Steel Workers (USW) introduced the union's new Paul Wellstone award. The first recipients are: actor and chair of TransAfrica, Danny Glover; and Ed Shultz, host...
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Labor

Steelworkers “stand up, fight back” (with video)
August 17, 2011 By Scott Marshall
"Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed" - Lincoln's quote opened the United Steelworkers Convention.
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Labor

Video: Jobs with Justice, fired up, ready to fight
August 10, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Labor, community, faith, women, youth and environmental activists discussed, debated and got fired up for the fights ahead.
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Opinion

Jobs with Justice: Now more than ever
August 2, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Jobs with Justice enters its 25th year facing incredible challenges. In the wake of the just agreed to debt ceiling fight the whole working class faces even greater attack and pain.
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Labor

Honeywell lockout nearing settlement (video)
July 27, 2011 By Scott Marshall
In the video, Darrel Lillie, president of local 7-669 talks about the last 13 months and the issues involved.
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Labor

1877 St. Louis General Strike: lessons for today (video)
July 21, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Labor and community activists gathered in Granite City, Ill., to remember the 1877 St. Louis general strike.
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Labor

Labor, democracy and the debt ceiling
July 13, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Discussing the negotiations on the debt ceiling got me thinking about some early experiences in the labor movement.
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