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:: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 ::
Workers must organize and fight for their rights - Opinion by Robert McCarl, Idaho Statesman
I am writing to support these unemployed workers and to point out that corporations, large institutions like universities and colleges and city/state governments in Idaho will continue to treat employees as expendable parts that can be thrown away as soon as they are not providing enough profit for executives or top administrators to command tremendous salaries. Legislators, administrators and executives view workers, from custodians to professionals, as faceless cogs in the apparatus of capitalism whose primary function is to generate resources for their use.
In Idaho, the only people who are not 'at-will' employees are those who have contractual protection. Labor unions in a 'right-to-work' state like Idaho have the right to organize workers if a majority of the work force votes for representation. Workers in Idaho have the right, on their own time such as breaks and after work, to discuss working conditions and seek union support.------------------------------------------- posted 7:04 AM :: reference link ::
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