Big Sky Central Labor Council

09/27/2023

The next meeting will be Oct 17th at the MEJATC. 2616 Bozeman Ave. Helena Mt 59601. 5:30 PM. Zoom invites will be sent out via email the morning of.

03/03/2021

Labor downs three right to work bills in the Montana legislature. Banner day for The Gibraltar!


https://ghosttomjoad.com/2021/03/02/rtw-and-a-throne-of-lies/

It’s a sad day for 38 members of the House of Representatives and a joyous day for 45,000 working Montana families who rely on their union rights for power in the work place. Amy Regier and C…

02/05/2021

Notify your state senator that SB 89 serves no purpose other than take us down the road to becoming Idaho. And who the hell wants to be like Idaho?!?! NO on SB 89!

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urge-your-montana-state-senator-to-oppose-sb89?source=020421fbpost&fbclid=IwAR1ImOzhx1IKd9GvxNsOhTmihSuRzP1p67TbGH53fmgq9YzVUf1yqqpGo8w

Most Montanans agree that working people should have the freedom to join together in strong unions if they choose to. SB89 is an attack on public service workers’ freedom to negotiate for the quality public services we all rely on. For almost a year now, nurses, teachers, corrections officers, fir...

02/04/2021

Didn’t really think it would happen? Well it is and it’s time to RISE UP!

https://ghosttomjoad.com/2021/02/04/the-regier-solution/

Yesterday Senator Keith Regier’s anti union bill found it’s way out of committee after amending the bill down to a simply outlawing dues deduction by public employers. Reiger, who is no…

02/02/2021

It’s a shooting way and the Reiger family has opened the ball. What’re you going to do about it?

https://ghosttomjoad.com/2021/02/01/praise-rtw-and-pass-the-basket/

And now my dear congregants, please open your hymnals to page HB 251 for our next song of praise in anti union bills. We will be led by brother Caleb Hinkle of Belgrade who will in turn be led by K…

01/25/2021

Hell bent after election to kill organized labor in Montana.

https://ghosttomjoad.com/2021/01/25/its-right-to-work-day-again/

Yep, that’s right. It’s legislative day 16 and Montana’s unions will face a second anti union bill in the afternoon. Queuing up today is Senate Bill 89 sponsored by union hater Ke…

01/16/2021

The MT GOP has come for your union. Are you going to give up 150+ years of the right to organize and collectively bargain? Are you willing to roll over and give away everything our mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, and all fought for, bled for, died for. Time to get your “union” on.

https://ghosttomjoad.com/2021/01/15/son-of-senate-bill-89/

If you thought a Republican controlled House, Senate and Governor’s office would only bring you one Right To Work bill in their first shot at destroying unions in decades, you are, well, you …

01/16/2021

The MT GOP is coming for our unions. Unions that have served and helped build this state. Strap up because it’s 1920 all over again just waiting for an Anaconda Road Massacre all our own.

https://ghosttomjoad.com/2021/01/15/son-of-senate-bill-89/

If you thought a Republican controlled House, Senate and Governor’s office would only bring you one Right To Work bill in their first shot at destroying unions in decades, you are, well, you …

09/21/2020

Mike Cooney for Governor will never tolerate any legislation that threatens to strip Montana workers of their rights to organize and collectively bargain. Rights I might add they have exercised in Montana since 1867!

08/26/2020

is just one of the battles leading up to the November election. Can’t blame this on anyone but the Commander-in-Chief. Mike Cooney for Governor understands this and he also knows Gianforte is in lockstep with Trump.

08/25/2020

Because without a functional USPS, we don’t have a fair election or a functioning democracy. Mike Cooney for Governor gets that. Anyone surprised that Greg Gianforte doesn’t care about a fair election.

08/24/2020

It's real, and so is the stress of day to day life during a pandemic. Take care of your health, physical and mental. It's the responsible thing to do.
https://health.ucdavis.edu/health-news/newsroom/covid-fatigue-is-hitting-hard-fighting-it-is-hard-too-says-uc-davis-health-psychologist/2020/07?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=2a016f66-2ac9-44c8-9442-fa2e286450d7

People go through emotional stages of dealing with disasters. As a community, we’re in the disillusionment stage – people are tired, angry and don’t want to hear cautions about the coronavirus. That stage can last up to a year after the event – except we’re still in the...

08/24/2020

The only issue with the operation of the USPS is the fear of the Trumpsters who are afraid their patsy is going to lose in November.

08/18/2020

Government of the people, by the people, and for the people only works if the people support and participate in the democratic process. Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney gets that.

https://organizing.work/2020/08/bargaining-for-the-common-good-in-the-coronavirus-era/

Marianne Garneau argues that the coronavirus pandemic has shown unions to be the most effective institutions at fighting for the public interest

08/14/2020

Mike Cooney for Governor speaks out as the Cheeto-in-Chief allows one of his henchman to shred the USPS. On the other hand Congressman Greg Gianforte is perfectly willing to sit back and allow our democracy to be subverted. The choice is clear...Cooney is the right choice as our next governor.

07/30/2020

Yep!

07/28/2020

The Bonus Army in 1932 understood that there should be no color barrier between veterans.

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2020/07/15/the-1932-bonus-army-black-and-white-americans-unite-in-march-on-washington/

Today’s post comes from Alice Kamps, a curator at the National Archives in Washington, DC. It would not be Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s last act of insubordination. Decades later, his recalcitran…

07/13/2020

A tribute to Brother Gene Fenderson.

https://helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/fenderson-eugene-alden/article_1c1c18a6-6964-5c21-97bf-e170e8656dc2.html?link_id=0&can_id=f9b35c185602756ec6d28067edfb73fe&source=email-national-afl-cio-creates-new-task-force-on-racial-justice&email_referrer=email_859433&email_subject=remembering-gene-fenderson

Gene Fenderson, labor leader, progressive activist and fierce warrior for social justice, died June 30, 2020.