Joseph Riedel, who has helped to organize and mobilize pizza delivery drivers and low-wage federal employees, is a veteran of the labor movement. He blogs about labor issues at Virtualpicketline.blogspot.com.
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Dispatch
The Federal Underclass
The Department of Veterans Affairs is paying some of its employees—including veterans—close to poverty wages.
Joseph Riedel
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Labor
What LIUNA’s Return to AFL-CIO Means for Federation’s Building Trade Unions
Joseph Riedel