No Vote, No Work: The First American Labor Strike Was in 1619!

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, "Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow," Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.

Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower is a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, spreading the message of progressive populism all across the American grassroots.

He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations and on the web.
Jim Hightower

Workers in America have a long history of standing up for themselves: The first labor strike was by Jamestown artisans in 1619.  The corporate hierarchy has long tried … Read more

Automatic Checkout Machines Form Union

Automatic Checkout Machines Form Union
Hala Dika is an impoverished poet living in her parent's basement. Slowly losing all concept of money, she lives in a delusion of happiness. She hopes one day to be recognized posthumously.
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Automatic checkout machines across the country have gone on strike, in protest of eighteen-hour days and no pay. Automatic checkout machines across the country went on strike today, … Read more

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