All 31 articles by Carl Finamore
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Uprising
Voices of Protest from Tahrir
Update: On January 27, Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi declared a state of emergency and issued a curfew in three... more »
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Bad Karma at Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Each year some 2,000 yoga enthusiasts assemble at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Francisco for “a great...
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1 Hospital and a 7-Year Labor Struggle: Adam Reich’s ‘With God on Our Side’
“With God on Our Side” is a very catchy book title. It also appears at first...
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The Big One is Coming: Strikes Rattle California Hospitals
A total 23,000 nurses plan the largest nurses' strike in U.S. history The sudden release of stored energy...
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Hyatt Hotel Slams Week of Strikes
Hyatt Hotels wasted no time and pulled no punches in condemning UNITE-HERE’s seven-day strike against six...
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Tunisian & Egyptian Women: After Revolutions, We’re Not Going Back to Second-Class Status
Several women union leaders fresh from the frontlines in Tunisia and Egypt visited California this month at the...
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The Labor Movement’s Classic, Forgottten Tactic—and Why It Must Be Revived
Reviving the Strike is a primer for every trade unionist tired of being the victim A new book...
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As Election Begins at Calif. Hospitals, Workers Claim SEIU ‘in Bed With Management’
SAN FRANCISCO—A bitterly-contested election is occurring among employees at three of the oldest hospitals in San...
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Remaking Egypt Beyond Tahrir Square
The working class continues to play a central role in the country's still-unfolding revolution Tens of thousands filled...
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Bill Clinton Left San Francisco With Full Pockets, Empty Conscience
SAN FRANCISCO—Yesterday, former President Bill Clinton spoke at an event at the San Francisco Westin St....
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Hilton Makes Peace With UNITE-HERE in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO—“When you come to a fork in the road, take it,” Yogi Berra...
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Dispatch from Cairo: ‘We All Know Our Way Back to Tahrir Square’
CAIRO—As much as the Egyptian military would like it otherwise, recent days have shown that they...
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Cairo: One Day after Mubarak
CAIRO—I arrived at a nearly empty Cairo airport on Saturday February 12, one day after President Hosni...
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Hyatt Files Charges Against San Francisco Hotel Union
Within hours of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Martin Luther King’s national holiday coming to an end...
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Can’t Get No Satisfaction at United Airlines
Once again, for the second year running, United Airlines (UAL) placed dead last in customer satisfaction, according to...
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Workers Dig in, as Hotels Increase Profits and Escalate Threats
Nationally, hotels experienced a record 5.7 percent rise in the occupancy in 2010, leading prominent analyst R. Mark Woodworth to...
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Underscoring Passenger Safety, Pilots Ask ‘Who’s Flying Your Plane?’
Several hundred pilots from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) picketed Newark Liberty International airport on November 22 and...
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Housekeepers Won’t Let Hyatt Sweep Safety Record Under the Rug
The Hyatt Corporation just posted quarterly profits that jumped six hundred percent with their stock prices climbing at...
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Airline Profits Soar, Leaving Passengers Sour & Employees Sore
Wall Street is jumping up and down because airlines are making money again—big money. The nine...
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San Francisco’s Hotel Frank(enstein) puts on Horror Show for Employees
SAN FRANCISCO—This city’s small, fashionable Hotel Frank is strategically located in the center of...
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Our Epic Recession: How Did it Happen, and How Bad Will It Get?
In the not too distant past, bankers, financiers and investors could do no wrong. They were the wizards...
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Hyatt Workers Stage National Actions against Billionaire Pritzkers
Inside the plush Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago on June 9, assembled blue-chip Hyatt stockholders anxiously anticipated dividend...
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Airlines Make Final Approach to Monopoly of the Skies
Expected United-Continental merger would create world's largest airline
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SEIU vs. NUHW, Week One: Plaintiffs Make Case, Without Evidence
In civil trial against former members, SEIU lowers damage claims SAN FRANCISCO—The quiet decorum of a...
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In San Francisco, Union Democracy Goes on Trial
After suing 26 of its former members, SEIU finally gets day in court Going to court can make anyone...
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Inside Organizing and Outside Representation, at San Fran’s Grand Hyatt
Organizing workers into a union usually brings out the best in labor. Organizers are truly motivated, work long...
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How to Succeed After Failing: Teamsters’ Continental Campaign Pays Off
There are lots of colorful self-help gurus making a pretty good living preaching their gospel of new-age techniques...
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Obama and America’s Forbidden Word: ‘Class’
Since Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown's upset victory in Massachusetts on Tuesday, some of America’s most prominent liberal...
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‘We Are Furious,’ Say United Flight Attendants
Pioneering women at United Airlines (UAL) organized the world’s first Flight Attendant (FA) union in 1945. They...
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SF Hotel Dispute Escalates With Rally, Disobedience, 140 Arrests
The San Francisco Hilton is the city’s largest, taking up a square block of prime downtown...
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Hotel Workers to St. Francis Hotel: Live Up to Your Good Name
SAN FRANCISCO—The name St. Francis generally invokes serene images of the devout canonized Catholic aesthetic, who...
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