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Even in Bankruptcy, Coal Companies Can’t Stop Selling Out Workers
The industry sees its employees like it sees the Earth: Just another resource to exploit. more
By Sarah Lazare
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Why Did Democrats Give Trump a Win on NAFTA 2.0?
On Tuesday morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Democrats had reached a deal with the Trump administration to advance the United States–Mexico... more
By Michael Arria
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Trump’s Labor Dept. Has Declared War on Tipped Workers
In October, the Trump administration published a proposed rule regarding tips which, if finalized, will cost workers more than $700 million annually. It is... more
By Heidi Shierholz and David Cooper
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In Wisconsin, the Teamsters Faced a Revolt from Below
Every day, Nikki Sampson drives from her home in Portage to Madison, where she works as a dispatcher for the city’s bus service.... more
By Alice Herman
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How Supporters of the Green New Deal Are Showing Up for Workers
Calls for a “just transition” have become central to a robust and revitalized environmental movement in the United States aimed at preventing climate... more
By Elizabeth King
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What Other Unions Can Learn from the Historic Gains We Won in the Chicago Teachers Strike
As a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) student from first grade through high school, and in my 17 years of teaching in the system, none of my... more
By Jackson Potter
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Southern Workers Unite Around Medicare for All: “A Tremendous Liberation From Your Boss”
Workers from across the South converged in Charlotte, N.C., on September 21 to kick off a Medicare for All campaign. more
By Jonathan Michels
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The Strike at McDonald’s Is About More Than Fighting Abuse—It’s About Workplace Democracy
On Tuesday, over 1,000 people gathered for a strike action at a McDonald's location on Detroit’s East Side. The workers, who were... more
By Eli Day
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Arkansas Teachers Went On Strike. Here Are the Corporate School Privatizers They’re Up Against.
Teachers of Little Rock, Arkansas went on strike Thursday over the state’s decision to strip their collective bargaining rights and curtail... more
By Gin Armstrong and Derek Seidman
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Uber CEO Forgives Saudi Arabia for a Brutal Murder, But Punishes Drivers for Small Errors
In an Axios interview that aired on HBO last Sunday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made a troubling analogy. Discussing Uber’s ties... more
By Audrey Winn
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Cheerios Picket Line Averted: After Strike Threat, General Mills Workers Win Tentative Agreement
On Friday, over 500 workers narrowly avoided a strike at General Mills’ production facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. more
By Katie Rose Quandt
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Want To Build the Labor Movement? Get a Job at a Union Workplace.
The case for the rank-and-file strategy. more
By Laura Gabby
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90% of Workers Aren’t in a Union. Labor’s Future Depends on Them.
The labor movement needs more organic leaders, not a militant minority. more
By Andrew Dobbyn
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Labor Needs To Embrace Social Justice Unionism
A successful rank-and-file strategy must look beyond the workplace. more
By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
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The Climate Strikers Walked Out of School. Next, Let’s Walk Off the Job.
This September, the world erupted when over 7 million people — young and old—poured into the streets for the Global Climate Strike.... more
By Sydney Ghazarian
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With the Help of Teachers Unions, the Climate Strikes Could Be Moving Into Phase 2
As young people across the country join the global movement to mobilize school strikes to demand climate action, one group is starting to think more... more
By Rachel M. Cohen
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Chicago Teachers Didn’t Win Everything, But They’ve Transformed the City—And the Labor Movement
Chicago teachers and staff returned to the classrooms Friday after more than two weeks on strike. Their walkout lasted longer than the city’s... more
By Rebecca Burns
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When Unions Save Lives
The threat of fines doesn't always make mines safer. But unions can. more
By Austyn Gaffney
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Chicago Teachers Are Carrying the Torch of Decades of Militant Worker Struggles
“I solemnly swear that I will never stop fighting for my students.” This hand-made picket sign, one of hundreds at an October 25 Chicago... more
By Sarah Lazare
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