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.

Video: Fighting, teaching and learning in Walkerville
June 15, 2011 By Scott Marshall
What a treat to walk around and talk to the "Walkerville" citizens! Great discussions going on all the time. History, political economy, trade unionism, coalition building and many other topics fill the air.
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Labor

Unions and the middle class: What’s in a name?
June 8, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Defending the middle class has become a central theme in labor's fightback.
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U.S.

Labor and democracy: Why is ALEC attacking labor?
May 23, 2011 By Scott Marshall
The American Legislative Exchange Council's work is pretty much an all out assault on democracy.
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Opinion

Labor independence: Not much to do with a party label
May 12, 2011 By Scott Marshall
A recent article by Mike Elk illustrates what is wrong with too much of the left's thinking on labor today.
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U.S.

Reclaiming May Day: Milwaukee 2011 (with video)
May 4, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Milwaukee May Day 2011 marks another important turning point for labor.
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Labor

Video: Union thunder in Wisconsin
May 2, 2011 By Scott Marshall
They came in with a roar. Bringing union thunder on Haley-Davidsons. Motorcycles made in Wisconsin by union workers.
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U.S.

Scenes from an uprising: Chicago We Are One (Video)
April 13, 2011 By Scott Marshall
10,000 trade unionists and their supporters from around Chicago and Illinois poured into Daley Plaza downtown.
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Opinion

They cry wolf too many times
April 8, 2011 By Scott Marshall
Andrew Breitbart: remember him? Now he's also turned his greasy rightwing eye on the Communist Party.
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