Hamilton Nolan is a labor writer for In These Times. He has spent the past decade writing about labor and politics for Gawker, Splinter, The Guardian, and elsewhere. More of his work is on Substack.
            You can reach him at Hamilton@InTheseTimes.com. 
          
              
  
      
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        The Coddling of the Elites
      
                    Free speech for whom, exactly?
                          
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        Police Union Denies Racism, Calls AFL-CIO President “Disgraceful” in Irate Letter
      
                                
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        The Head of the South Dakota AFL-CIO Routinely Posts Ultra Right-Wing Memes on Facebook
      
                                
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        AFL-CIO Leader Richard Trumka Defends Police Unions by Comparing Them to Employers
      
                                
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        Celebrating Juneteenth, Labor Finds Its Voice for Racial Justice
      
                                
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        SEIU President: Expelling Police Unions From the Labor Movement “Has to Be Considered”
      
                                
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        Workers United Branch Calls on AFL-CIO to Expel Police Unions
      
                                
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        Assisted Living Facility Staffer Says He Was Fired for Organizing His Coworkers During the Pandemic
      
                                
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        I’m Proud That My Union Just Urged the AFL-CIO to Kick Out Police Unions
      
                                
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        One Weird Trick to Slash Your City’s Police Budget Right Now
      
                    Los Angeles just announced the city is massively cutting its police budget. There has literally never been an easier—or better—time for other cities to follow suit.
                          
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        DC Transit Union Says Labor Must Join the Movement in the Streets
      
                                
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        We’ll Burn Until We Organize
      
                                
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        Major Public Defense Nonprofit in New York Is Unionizing
      
                                
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        Fight Over Safe Reopening Is The Latest Front in “Civil War” at the EPA
      
                                
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        The Case For Sectoral Bargaining Is Now Stronger Than Ever
      
                                
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        A Quiet Frenzy of Union Organizing Has Gripped the Nonprofit World
      
                                
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        Time for Progressives to Seize the Means of Production of House Relief Bills
      
                    Pelosi’s bill proves Democratic leadership won’t do what needs to be done.
                          
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        The Year of Magical Thinking
      
                                
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        The Long-Neglected Online Labor Organizing Space Is Getting More Crowded
      
                                
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        The Disconnect Between the Stock Market and the Real Economy Is Destroying Our Lives
      
                    Stocks are the wall that protects the rich from the consequences of this crisis
                          
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        Amazon Labor Activism Goes International as European and U.S. Workers Combine Forces
      
                                
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        Bernie Lost Because America Doesn’t Have a Strong Labor Movement
      
                                
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        Amazon’s Unlimited Unpaid Time Off Ends May 1, and Workers Say That Could Be Deadly
      
                                
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        VA Workers Say Southern States Reopening Too Soon Puts Veterans’ Lives At Risk
      
                                
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        Amazon Will Not Change Without a Union
      
                                
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        The Head of the Postal Workers Union Says the Postal Service Could Be Dead in Three Months
      
                                
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        Furloughed Disney Workers “Can’t Wait” For Help, But Florida’s Unemployment System Is Broken
      
                                
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        McDonald’s Workers Charge Grotesque Sexual Harassment in New $500 Million Lawsuit
      
                                
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        A Scholar of Pandemics and Inequality Peers Into America’s Future
      
                    If the financial downturn proves to be intractable, "all bets are off," says scholar Walter Scheidel.
                          
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        Striking McDonald’s Workers Say Their Lives Are More Essential Than Fast Food
      
                                
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        The Plan Is to Save Capital and Let the People Die
      
                                
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        If You Can’t Support Medicare For All by Now, Become a Republican
      
                    Is anyone brave enough to change their positions to fit reality?
                          
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        Here’s What a General Strike Would Take
      
                                
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        Fatalistic Grocery Workers Demand Hazard Pay, Saying “Infection Is Inevitable”
      
                                
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        Working or Unemployed, Construction Workers Are Screwed
      
                                
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        Back to Work? You First.
      
                                
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        Worried Call Center Workers Do Not Understand Why They Are Risking Their Lives for Customer Service
      
                                
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        Sara Nelson: Our Airline Relief Bill Is a Template for Rescuing Workers Instead of Bailing Out Execs
      
                                
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        Call Center Workers Fear For Their Health as They Work in “One Big Germ Pool”
      
                                
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        You and Your Boss Have the Same Interests Right Now. That Is a Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity.
      
                                
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        The Culinary Union Faces Its Biggest Test as Coronavirus Shuts Down Vegas
      
                                
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        Unions Across America Are Screaming For Paid Sick Leave and Healthcare
      
                                
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        Never Forget: Anti-Union Attorneys Also Love Joe Biden
      
                                
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        The Young Turks Union Fight Gets Nastier With Charges of Retaliatory Firing, Withholding Raises
      
                                
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        New York City Council Staffers Close In On a Remarkable Union Built From Scratch
      
                                
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        As Unions Read the Tea Leaves, Retail Workers Union Locals Rush to Endorse Biden
      
                                
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        Elizabeth Warren, Please Drop Out for the Sake of a Better World
      
                    Warren has no path to the Democratic nomination, but by dropping out and endorsing Bernie Sanders she can still help make her egalitarian vision a reality.
                          
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        New England UAW Workers Join Parade of Local Unions Endorsing Bernie Sanders
      
                                
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