Another Casualty of COVID-19

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Off and on throughout last evening, I checked the results of the election for the seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. If you have not seen the results, here’s how the election turned out: At the beginning of the evening, I was gearing myself up to write a very caustic post,…

The Weight

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH As musicians and other performing artists cope with the abrupt interruption of their professional lives, clips of bands and orchestras performing together while apart have become, delightfully, much more commonplace. But this video, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the recording of The Band’s signature song, “The Weight,” was released last September,…

One of the Great Unsung Heroes of Ordinary Americans

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH If one showed most Americans this photo, they would have no idea who the woman was: If one added this next photo, a few might guess that she was Eleanor Roosevelt, standing in the background as her husband signed another piece of landmark New Deal legislation: But, much like Eleanor Roosevelt,…

Senator Brown Does Champion Workers

BY MARTIN KICH Last January and February when our CB chapter was on strike for three weeks, we received support from across the state of Ohio and the nation. (The many statements of support are archived on our chapter website. See https://aaup-wsu.org/support-for-aaup-wsu/.) That support included statements of solidarity issued by the leaders of other labor…

A Labor Day Thank You

BY MARTIN KICH This Labor Day, I would like to take the opportunity to thank again all of the members of AAUP and other unions nationwide who supported the Wright State chapter during our three-week strike in January and February of this year. Your letters of support and contributions to our strike fund made a…