A bill creating a labor history curriculum is headed to Malloy’s desk

May 19, 2015

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andyfleischmann226_488_293_86_sha-40 — Rep. Andrew Fleischmann (D-West Hartford)

HARTFORD, Conn. – The House gave final passage to a bill that requires the state Education Department to come up with a curriculum on labor history and the role of capitalism in America and world economies.

The bill passed the House on an 84-61 vote with three Democrats voting against and four Republicans voting in favor. The bill passed the Senate on May 6 and is now headed to the governor’s desk.

The legislation has been touted for several years by Senate President Martin Looney.

“Without the contribution of organized labor and the sacrifice and courage of union activists, the average worker, even the average non-union worker, would have many fewer rights and benefits in employment,” Looney said Monday. “We owe it to the children of Connecticut to teach them about these extraordinary contributions so that they might have an understanding of this critical component in American history.”

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One response to “A bill creating a labor history curriculum is headed to Malloy’s desk”

John Hamlin

May 19, 2015

The history of the labor movement in America is a glorious history. The labor movement has contributed so much to society in the early part of the 20th century, in particular. Most all of the abuses they fought against are also history and the key protections they fought for were enacted into law. All that occurred before politicians permitted public employee unions, which are the largest unions today and which have given unions a bad name. The history of labor’s triumphs is an ancient history, long past, which needs to be understood, like the history of capitalism and communism, in order for us to chart a course for the future, in which European style works councils and consultative bodies, which are better suited to the 21st century, become more dominant –!if the unions and their political servants will allow it.

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