Heather Gies is a freelance journalist who has written on human rights, social movements and environmental issues for Al Jazeera, The Guardian, In These Times and National Geographic. Follow her on twitter @HeatherGies.
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A Quiet Trump Administration Rule Change Could Allow a Federal Union-Busting Spree
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A Blow But Not Fatal: 9 Months After Janus, AFSCME Reports 94% Retention
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Will AMLO Respond to the Central American Exodus With Compassion—Or Militarization?
Mexico's new progressive president says he has a just immigration plan. But critics say it's flawed.
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Disaster Averted: How Unions Have Dodged the Blow of Janus (So Far)
Public-sector unions defied the Right’s attempt to crush them—and were transformed in the process.
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Our Food System Is Built on Exploitation. Now Farmworkers Are Saying “No More.”
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Unions Can Protect Workers From Deportation. This Coalition of 3.5 Million Is Showing How.
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2,000 Striking York University Staff Forced Back To Work Without a Contract
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Guatemala’s Campesinos and Indigenous Communities Fight Rampant Government Corruption
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Inside Honduras’ Torch-Lit Marches Against the U.S.-Backed Dictatorship
Thousands are defying military curfew to protest what they say is a fraudulent election.
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