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

U.S.

Indiana Statehouse rings with “we are one!” (with video)
April 6, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Over a thousand union members and community activists crowded into the Indiana State House on Monday, April 4th to speak out for labor rights and basic democracy.
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U.S.

Video: Chicagoans march on monthly jobs report
April 4, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Chicago Jobs with Justice joined with U.S. Uncut and other community allies and marched on the Bank of America, demanding that the financial giant pay its fair share of federal taxes
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Labor

Video: Angry workers confront Wisconsin’s governor
March 30, 2011 By Scott Marshall
More than 3,000 people came out to protest right-wing Gov. Scott Walker and his illegal, anti-labor actions.
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Labor

Video: Chicago federal workers slam budget cuts
March 18, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Over 200 federal workers and their supporters used their lunch hour on March 16th to protest budget cuts.
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U.S.

Video: Farmer-labor alliance reborn in Wisconsin
March 15, 2011 By Scott Marshall
March 12 the big tractors thundered into Madison, Wisconsin.
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Labor

Video: Union power erupts in Indiana
March 12, 2011 By Scott Marshall
INDIANAPOLIS - Tens of thousands of union members and their supporters flooded into this city, Indiana's state capital, on Thursday in defense of union rights.
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U.S.

Video: South Chicago fights polluting plant
March 10, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Over a hundred angry demonstrators from Chicago's southeast side rallied at the Illinois state building to protest plans for construction of a coal gasification plant in their neighborhood.
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U.S.

Video: Danny Glover joins worker protest in Indianapolis
March 2, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Actor and activist Danny Glover joined hundreds of protestors Feb. 28th, in Indianapolis, to rally against the state's Republican lawmakers anti-worker agenda.
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