Stewart Acuff

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Stewart Acuff
Hometown: washington, DC
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  • Published Called By His Struggle, Challenged By His Sacrifice: Remembering Dr. King (Stories)
    April 4, 2008 - 12:37pm

    The following is a speech I delivered today, April 4, 2008, to the Southern Regional Meeting of Central Labor Councils in Memphis to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Published To Reduce Economic Inequality, Protect Workers’ Rights (Blog entry)
    March 11, 2008 - 1:49pm

    (Co-authored by Stewart Acuff, Organizing Director, AFL-CIO and
    Sheldon Friedman, Research Coordinator, AFL-CIO Voice@Work Campaign)

  • Published AFL-CIO and TUC Unite Against Unionbusting (Blog entry)
    March 3, 2008 - 11:34am

    I just got back from a weeklong trip to Britain to sign an organizing protocol with the AFL-CIO counter part, the British Trades Union Congress (TUC). The trip was one of the first concrete steps coming out of our Global Organizing Summit that the AFL-CIO hosted on December 10 and 11, 2007.

  • Rated Remembering James Orange: He Spent His Life Standing Up for Others (Blog entry) | February 20, 2008 - 1:35pm
  • Published Remembering James Orange: He Spent His Life Standing Up for Others (Blog entry)
    February 20, 2008 - 1:35pm

    Last Saturday evening, Feb. 16, America lost one of our greatest warriors for social justice and I lost one of my best friends. The Rev. James Orange died at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta after being hospitalized for gall bladder related issues.

  • Shared Union Choice Would Help A Faltering Economy (Progressive Opinion)
    February 5, 2008 - 4:10pm

    In the debate about how to stimulate the economy, even progressives who ought to know better overlook America's failure to protect the fundamental human right of its workers to form unions and bargain collectively. Restoring worker rights to join unions must be part of a long-term stimulus plan.

  • Shared Media and Class Warfare (Progressive Opinion)
    November 26, 2007 - 11:48am

    The media are siding with corporations in the "class warfare" debate.

  • Shared Labor Relations Gored (Progressive Opinion)
    November 26, 2007 - 10:32am

    The NLRB has handed down 61 decisions that further restrict and weaken workers' rights in America.

  • Shared Lawless Workplaces (Progressive Opinion)
    July 7, 2006 - 9:37am

    Decisions pending before Bush's labor relations board could bring back the law of the jungle to some industries.

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  • Published Called By His Struggle, Challenged By His Sacrifice: Remembering Dr. King (Stories)
    April 4, 2008 - 12:37pm

    The following is a speech I delivered today, April 4, 2008, to the Southern Regional Meeting of Central Labor Councils in Memphis to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Published To Reduce Economic Inequality, Protect Workers’ Rights (Blog entry)
    March 11, 2008 - 1:49pm

    (Co-authored by Stewart Acuff, Organizing Director, AFL-CIO and
    Sheldon Friedman, Research Coordinator, AFL-CIO Voice@Work Campaign)

  • Published AFL-CIO and TUC Unite Against Unionbusting (Blog entry)
    March 3, 2008 - 11:34am

    I just got back from a weeklong trip to Britain to sign an organizing protocol with the AFL-CIO counter part, the British Trades Union Congress (TUC). The trip was one of the first concrete steps coming out of our Global Organizing Summit that the AFL-CIO hosted on December 10 and 11, 2007.

  • Published Remembering James Orange: He Spent His Life Standing Up for Others (Blog entry)
    February 20, 2008 - 1:35pm

    Last Saturday evening, Feb. 16, America lost one of our greatest warriors for social justice and I lost one of my best friends. The Rev. James Orange died at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta after being hospitalized for gall bladder related issues.

  • Shared Union Choice Would Help A Faltering Economy (Progressive Opinion)
    February 5, 2008 - 4:10pm

    In the debate about how to stimulate the economy, even progressives who ought to know better overlook America's failure to protect the fundamental human right of its workers to form unions and bargain collectively. Restoring worker rights to join unions must be part of a long-term stimulus plan.

  • Shared Media and Class Warfare (Progressive Opinion)
    November 26, 2007 - 11:48am

    The media are siding with corporations in the "class warfare" debate.

  • Shared Labor Relations Gored (Progressive Opinion)
    November 26, 2007 - 10:32am

    The NLRB has handed down 61 decisions that further restrict and weaken workers' rights in America.

  • Shared Lawless Workplaces (Progressive Opinion)
    July 7, 2006 - 9:37am

    Decisions pending before Bush's labor relations board could bring back the law of the jungle to some industries.

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