Embedded With Organized Labor:

The Poison Pill In “ObamaCare” That Helped Kill Labor Law Reform

2010-10-12T07:47:00.000-07:00

By Steve EarlyWorkingUSAVolume 13, Issue 3, pages 405–423, September 2010Abstract:Embedded in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 was a poison pill for labor. It took the form of an excise tax on higher-cost, job-based medical coverage—the so-called “Cadillac health plans” negotiated by unions themselves. This deadly political booby-trap became a major organizational

Excerpt from Ray Abernathy review of Embedded With Organized Labor and other labor-related books...

2010-05-10T12:51:00.000-07:00

April 20, 2010, Posted at "From the Left Bank of The Potomac" and published in The Ark, magazine of the National Organizers Alliance I’m chary about reviewing the work of other writers: I never read a book I didn’t like, and I never met a author I didn’t admire (or at least envy). And when ARK MAGAZINE (official publication of the National Organizing Alliance) asked me to review books by four

Roger Bybee review of Embedded with Organized Labor

2010-05-10T12:48:00.000-07:00

Roger Bybee review of Embedded with Organized Laborin WorkingUSA, Volume 13, Issue 2, Spring, 2010The past three decades of labor history have been largely scarred by tragic defeats and heartbreaking disappointments, enfeebling the labor movement to the point where it represents just 7.6% of private0sector workers and 12.4% overall. "Beginning with the PATCO disaster in 1981, when thousands of

Labor at War or in the Tank?

2010-03-18T09:57:00.000-07:00

By Paul Buhle, in Against The Current, March/April 2010STEVE EARLY IS one of a small handful of extraordinarily keen-eyed observers who see things from within the shrinking world of U.S. organized labor — and who hold nothing back from readers.In his multiple functions in the Communications Workers of America, Early faced an often unfriendly administration of hawkish union president Morton

Chronicling the Thirty Years War: A Review of Steve Early, Embedded With Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home

2010-02-02T21:47:00.000-08:00

From New Politics, Winter, 2010, Vol. XII, No.4By Michael Hirsch Saying there is no class struggle is like denying gravity exists. Corporate America knows the stakes in a class war. So does Steve Early, and so does DSA. Does U.S. labor? In one sense the question is nonsensical. Unions are by nature class institutions. They work to secure member interests in a

Review From The UE News, Winter, 2009

2010-01-17T17:42:00.000-08:00

Review From The UE News, Winter, 2009By Al Hart, Editor The title of Steve Early’s book is somewhat misleading. It’s a collection of 38 essays he’s published over the past 11 years in a variety of labor journals, newspapers, and progressive political magazines. Almost all of these articles are reviews of books about contemporary labor issues. So among other things, his book is a very useful

Steve Early’s reflections on being embedded with organized labor.

2010-01-15T11:34:00.000-08:00

by Jeff Kelly LowensteinBeing an “embedded” journalist has negative connotations for many in the industry, but some may change their opinion after reading Steve Early’s book.A long-time union organizer for the Communication Workers of America, Early has gathered many of his reviews of labor books and ruminations about things labor in general. Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic

They Should Get a Union

2010-01-15T11:26:00.000-08:00

By David Swanson"If a majority of workers want a union, they should get a union. It's that simple. We need to stand up to the business lobby and pass the Employee Free Choice Act. That's why I've been fighting for it in the Senate and that's why I'll make it the law of the land when I'm president of the United States." --Barack ObamaNobody is making it the law of the land. Nobody is fighting

Labor Notes Book Review: Embedded with Organized Labor

2010-01-03T16:44:00.000-08:00

by Chris Kutalik | Tue, 11/17/2009 Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Homeby Steve Early, Monthly Review Press, $17.95, 288 pages.Journalists—even the muckraking labor kind—love to have big, fat, juicy stories fall straight into their lazy laps.I can testify from my years at the editorial desk of Labor Notes that reality rarely obliges—with a few notable

The Progressive Quandary About SEIU: A Tale of Two Letters to Andy Stern

2009-11-28T18:06:00.000-08:00

From WorkingUSA, December, 2009, Volume 12, Number 4 By Steve Early Abstract The terrain of “progressive labor” in the U.S. has shifted dramatically in recent years. The two-million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU)--long associated with the remaking of labor as a force for social justice--has become

Book Review: 'Embedded with Organized Labor'

2009-11-18T15:02:00.000-08:00

By Howard Kling 5 November 2009, Workday Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS - Since his first job as a staff reporter for the United Mine Workers Journal in the 1970s, Steve Early has written about the pressing issues facing organized labor, often to the delight of rank and file activists - and sometimes to the dismay of a labor leader or two. As he moved on to a variety of

Embedded, but Not in Bed With

2009-11-01T19:29:00.000-08:00

Social Policy, Summer, 2009A review of Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home. By Steve Early, Monthly Review Press. 288 pp.By Ken Paff Some writers who have spent their lives as career union reps are just about as independent as the media who were embedded with US troops in Iraq. However, there is no danger of that in Steve Early’s new book, Embedded

Embedded in the Class War: An Interview with Labor Journalist Steve Early

2009-11-01T19:10:00.000-08:00

By Peter Brogan and Andy CornellPublished on: October 15, 2009For close to forty years, Steve Early has served as a union organizer and activist, most recently with the Communications Workers of America. He has been an outspoken critic of conservative and undemocratic tendencies in the labor movement since he first worked for the United Mineworkers of America, after the victory of Miners for

Labor Debates Its Dilemma: Democracy or Power? A Review of Embedded with Organized Labor

2009-10-12T13:56:00.000-07:00

By Bennett Baumer From the October 9, 2009 issue | Posted in Books , Culture , Reviews | Email this article The N.Y. Indypendenthttp://www.indypendent.org/2009/10/08/labor-debates-its-dilemma/ Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home By Steve Early Monthly Review Press Veteran union activist Steve Early’s collection of essays, Embedded with Organized

Steve Early reviews views of the labor movement

2009-10-02T18:04:00.000-07:00