Philip M. Dine

Journalist, Author, Speaker

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June 11, 2008: Philip Dine was honored at the Society of Professional Journalists Washington DC chapter dinner at the National Press Club, with the $1,000 Robert D.G. Lewis Watchdog Award "for his series on Iraq War veterans and mental health."

Each year, the Lewis Award is presented to a reporter "whose work best exemplifies journalism aimed at protecting the public from abuses by those who would betray the public trust." D.G. Lewis is a former president of the national Society for Professional Journalists.

Phil also won the first-place award in the category of Daily Newspaper Investigative.

There were numerous other awards presented, primarily to Washington-area media, for work during 2007, and several inductees into the Washington SPJ Hall of Fame, among them Hal Bruno, Eleanor Clift and Juan Williams.

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March


Comments by Jeremy Kroto, First Vice President

After the Annual FireFigher (IAFF) Convention in March...

...Day Three consisted of a final political briefing by members of the IAFF Legislative and Political Action staff and a commentary by Philip Dine, author of the book State of the Unions. This book, given to each Affiliate Leader that attended to conference, is a groundbreaking and powerful report about the current state of the labor movement in the United States.

The book describes how various labor unions, including the IAFF, have continued to accomplish tremendous goals in a time where the labor movement has become diminished in our country. The author goes on to illustrate how labor can strengthen the middle class, improve the economy, and bolster its political influence. The book is highly recommended by me and every labor leader I have met that has read the book.

 

Dec. 12


Wes Brain's Comments after Interview with Dine

Enthused upon seeing Philip Dine on CSPAN's "Book TV" earlier this month (12/2/07) I was able to make contact and schedule him as our guest interview for today's radio show. This guy is great! He understands labor very well having been a 20 yr. reporter with the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper (introduced on the CSPAN show as "the best labor reporter in the country") and I am sending to you the strong recommendation that you read his book and consider Phil Dine's analysis of our failing labor movement and more importantly his ideas for how to rebound and become a strong force again.

I'm sending you this note because it is rare for me to become so enthused and charged up. I want to encourage you to get Phil Dine's new book and see if this might spark within you some enthusiasm, too. We can rebuild our failing labor movement!

Clearly it is time to stop doing things the same old way expecting different results!

State of the Unions - Interview with Philip Dine http://www.kskq.org/brainlabor/?p=193 (audio file of today's show)

In Solidarity,
Wes-
Brain Labor Report
http://www.kskq.org (live every morning M - F @ 7 a.m. west coast time)

Nov. 12


UPI Recommendations

Labor Reporter's Book Shows Why Unions are More Important Than Ever -- In a highly touted book packed with colorful anecdotes and careful research, a veteran labor reporter examines what's happened to organized labor in the United States and what workers and unions can do to rebuild their movement and America's middle class. (CWA Newsletter)

Nov. 5
CWA Newsletter Book Review

Labor Reporter's Book Shows Why Unions are More Important Than Ever In a highly touted book packed with colorful anecdotes and careful research, a veteran labor reporter examines what's happened to organized labor in the United States and what workers and unions can do to rebuild their movement and America's middle class. "It is no overstatement to say that labor has contributed mightily to what has made America work - - and what has made it unique," writes Philip Dine in his recently published book "State of the Unions: How Labor Can Strengthen the Middle Class, Improve Our Economy and Regain Political Influence."

Dine, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated labor reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and member of The Newspaper Guild-CWA Local 36047, looks at the corporate, political and economic forces that have resulted in a nationwide drop in union membership and what labor needs to do to reverse that trend. Among the positive examples he cites is CWA's Stewards' Army. "In a time of increasing disenfranchisement of average people, of growing gulfs between the haves and have-nots, labor's most important role may be to serve as a vehicle for the voices of people who are being drowned out," Dine writes.

The book's many fans include Mike Wallace of CBS News who said, "Phil Dine tells a compelling tale (and he writes beautifully) of the decline, fall and potential rebirth of a powerful labor movement in the U.S." TNG-CWA President Linda Foley said Dine "has produced a must-read for both union members and members of the press. 'State of the Unions' - - with its keen observations and thoughtful conclusions - - could be a primer for labor leaders and labor reporters." The book is avaliable at most book stores.

 

Oct. 15
Philadelphia Inquirer

Quote in a labor article.See article Here.

 

Oct. 5
www.federalnewsradio.com

Inside Government is a one-hour weekly nationwide radio/Internet program dedicated to issues that impact all federal and D.C. government employees. AFGE is one of the first unions and the only federal workers’ union to have a national broadcast program on the air. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.
Listen to Archive Here Soon

 

Sept. 27

Nationally syndicated columnist Mark Shields calls State of the Unions a "superb new book" in his column.
Read Column Here

 

Sept. 18
www.futureoftheunion.com

Philip Dine quoted in article about current union issues regarding auto workers.
Read Article Here

 

Union Review: Labor Movement News & Views
Sept. 14

Book review information on State of the Unions.
Read Article Here

 

The Birmingham News
Sept. 18

Quoted on auto labor issues.
Read Article Here.

 

World Wide Work, a World Wide Work, a labor bulletin published by the American Labor Education Center, an independent nonprofit.
Sept. 14

...Books: New & Worth Noting

“State of the Unions by Philip Dine (McGraw-Hill Sept. 2007). The veteran labor reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch argues that organized labor’s image is declining, in large part because of its own failure to communicate effectively at both the national and local levels. He also blasts the split between the AFL-CIO and Change to Win, calling the disagreements between them “sophomoric spats.”...
Read Article Here

 

The Guild Reporter
September

The editor of the Newspaper Guild newspaper says State of the Unions “truly is a unique book” that aims “to jump-start the discussion that labor needs to get its message out.” Andy Zipser, the editor, calls it an “insightful, anecdote-laced book” and says it “takes a labor reporter with chops and savvy to make the case Dine has, and these days they’re even more rare than labor unions.”...
Read Article Here.

 

The New York Times political blog
Aug. 28

...In a release about the press conference tomorrow, the Dodd campaign was quick to highlight the import of its influence on the last Democratic presidential race. It quoted Paul Begala, the Democratic strategist, saying in 2004 that Mr. Kerry “wouldn’t be the presumptive nominee if not for the firefighters.“ And it highlighted observations by former Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa, a supporter of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who said the union “willed” Mr. Kerry’s Iowa victory in Philip M. Dine’s upcoming book, State of the Unions....
Read Article Here

 

Blog-4-Presidents.org
Aug. 29

...Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, who remained judiciously neutral during this state’s caucus season even though his wife endorsed Kerry, attributed the senator's success in the first instance to the personal attributes and unanticipated level of organization of the firefighters. They ‘willed it,’ he says — which is a sentiment shared by key operatives for the 2004 campaigns of Dean and Gephardt, including union officials who backed the two candidates. [Dine, Philip M., State of the Unions; How Labor Can Strengthen the Middle Class, Improve Our Economy, and Regain Political Influence, McGraw-Hill, Expected Release October 2007, p.14]
Read Article Here.

 

HRWire.com Article
Aug. 29

Union Update
Labor Pains: Unions Lay Groundwork for Increased Activity
by Maureen Minehan

...According to Philip M. Dine, author of State of the Unions: How Labor Can Strengthen The Middle Class, Improve Our Economy and Regain Political Influence, to be released by McGraw-Hill this month, “as the political season heats up, unions will wield a good deal of influence, since in the primaries they're highly active, and even in the general election they typically account for one-quarter of all households who vote.”

...The jury is still out on whether the split between the AFL-CIO and the unions who left it to form the Change to Win Coalition ultimately will help or hurt the labor movement. Dine thinks it's been both good and bad so far.

“The split in the labor movement has weakened labor in some senses, particularly in terms of their ability to work seamlessly together across unions when various types of employees are affected by conditions in an industry or by an employer's actions,” he says...

Read Article Here.

 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sept. 4

...“If labor is sort of all over the lot, it could neutralize some of the things labor wants to do,” said Philip Dine, a veteran labor journalist who is the author of the forthcoming book, The State of the Unions.

“On the other hand, it provides the opportunity for an energetic and smart union to really have a disproportionate impact.”

Mr. Dine suggests that is what the firefighters achieved in Iowa four years ago. “The firefighters just put together this plan, they based it on who they were as a union and the nature of the state, and it was effective ... the SEIU, AFSCME sent in all these people from out of state and it didn't mean as much,” he said...
Read Article Here.

 

PR.com
Sept. 14

Publisher's Announcement

...Philip Dine, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated labor reporter, offers insight to what happened to organized labor in America and what can be done to restore it to its role as defender of middle-class values and economic well-being...
Read Article Here.

 

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