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Published on: 12/5/2006
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Kersten is an associate professor of American History and chair of the Department of Social Change and Development at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
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History Professor Andrew E. Kersten offers a suggestion in the latest Point of View (POV) guest column at www.aflcio.org: Turn congressional investigators loose on Bush's NLRB.
Kersten, an associate professor of American History and chair of the Department of Social Change and Development at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, says the recent NLRB decision denying the right of potentially millions of workers from joining unions is another "bushwhacking" and the end result of years of political maneuverings by extreme conservatives.Kersten writes:
Since the turn of the 20th century, every generation of workers has fought in a class war from above.
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Says Kersten:
The NLRB's decisionâ€"and the media reaction to itâ€"has sent shock waves through the nation, not just the labor movement and political progressives.
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Tags: Organizing Summit, Employee Free Choice Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, POV, Andrew Kersten