3 on LABOR

MLK Day is a fitting Day to look at where wages and labor coverage are in the US..........Scott

Holly Sklar | The Wage Ethic
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/011606LA.shtml
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on the brink of the Great Depression and died fighting for the right of workers to earn a decent living. On March 18, 1968, days before his murder, King told striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, "It is criminal to have people working on a full-time basis ... getting part-time income."

What Is a Living Wage?
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/011606LB.shtml
It is a common sentiment that economic fairness should, or must, come in a sweeping and righteous gesture from the top. From Washington, that is. But most wage campaigns arise from the bottom, from residents and low-level officials and from cities and states - from everywhere except the federal government.

Peter Dreier | Falling Down on the Job on Labor Coverage
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/011606LC.shtml
Union activists and allies are buzzing about The LA Times' critical four-part series on the United Farm Workers. But many wonder why the newspaper devoted so many words and resources to this front-page attack on the UFW but fails to routinely cover the day-to-day work of union organizing and, equally important, the job conditions that workers face.