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Labor
Assert Yourself, America; Don’t Be an Illegal Trade Victim
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Labor
A Day in the Life of a Warehouse Warrior
Kari Lydersen

Dispatch
Kaiser’s Bitter Labor War
Upstart NUHW challenges SEIU in California hospitals—and the future of healthcare unionism.
David Moberg

Dispatch
Dear Ideologist: Abstemious Abnegation and Aging in America
Pete Karman
Labor
Weekly Workers’ Round-Up: Labor Day Week Sees Spirited Street Action
Jennifer Braudaway
Labor
Hotel Quickie Strikes Build Union, Workers’ Determination for Contract Battles
David Moberg

Labor
The Busy Reader’s Guide to the Financial Meltdown
Daniel Tucker
Viewpoint
The Neoliberal Bait-and-Switch
David Sirota

Labor
Jimmy John’s Workers Hope Management ‘Freaks Out’ Over Union Drive
Kari Lydersen

Labor
UE Fights Defense Firm’s Plan to Scrap Machines and Mass. Workers
Roger Bybee
9/11: Mary Ellen Sachetti’s Story
Ray Abernathy
Weekly Mulch: Want to Combat Climate Change? Ignore Congress.
Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger

Labor
Immigrants Drive Campaign to Unionize L.A. Car Washes
Michelle Chen

Dispatch
No Indulgence for Father Bourgeois
Upset that one of its own supports ordination of women, a Catholic missionary order defunds SOA Watch.
George Fish

Labor
Integrity Failure: BP Shifts Blame for Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Lindsay Beyerstein
Labor
Will Voters Listen? Obama vs. GOP on $180 Billion Tax, Infrastructure Plan
Art Levine

Labor
Despite New Hailed Organizing Rules, Airline Workers Still Face Tilted Playing Field
Mike Elk
Comics
Stampede
Eric Garcia
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