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LABOR LIAISON – APRIL 2022
As a labor activist for over 50 years, I am happy and proud to see a new Labor Movement rise. Let’s look at the newest and strong Amazon LaborUnion. The organize drive started over two […]
Articles by Muata “kweli” Greene
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Labor Liaison – March 2022
We celebrate Women’ History Month in March every year as a reminder of the accomplishments women have caused and created throughout history. Over time the fight for women’s rights have evolved, but even today men […]
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Labor Liaison Corner – February 2022
As we commemorate African American history which is American history. Let’s look at Black Labor Union Leaders that help build the labor movement. In 1925 A.Philip Randolph became the leader of the black service staff […]
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LABOR LIAISON JANUARY 2022
LABOR LIAISON JANUARY 2022 As we enter into the third year of Covid, we as EMS 1st responders need to stay strong, healthy and focus. An important part of this is our union and its […]
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LABOR LIAISON DECEMBER 2021
by Lester Muata Greene I like to give some information on how to improve emergency responses for mental health crises. “EDP” from EMS 1 is a good national source for EMS workers. More than 94% […]
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LABOR LIAISON NOVEMBER 2021
Let me introduce myself. I am the Labor Liaison for local 2507, I’m a labor activist for over four decades and FDNY/EMS for 26 years. As a retiree I continue to be a labor and […]
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Labor Liaison Lester Muata Greene
Allow me to reintroduce myself. I am Lester Muata Greene, a 25 year veteran of F.D.N.Y (E.M.T.). I have been a Labor and Civil Rights Activist since 1970 after being honorably discharged from the United […]
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Labor Needs Single Payer
Labor Liaison Corner – February 2017 The reality is that all multiemployer union plans are facing a crisis of sustainability, The basic health and prescription coverage has become a gigantic liability, using more resources and […]
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ELECTION IS OVER WHAT IS TO BE DONE
Labor Liaison Corner – November 2016 Now that the presidential election of 2016 is part of history, what should labor do?…Build power and to organize in anti-union era. Both parties courted the workingclass and divided […]
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HISTORIC VIEW OF LABOR DAY
Labor Liaison Corner – September 2016 As we bid goodbye to summer and vacation, we in labor should reflect on the real history of American labor and the state of labor today. Let’s start by […]