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The Central Issue Is Police Repression, Not Police Unions
Before rushing to expel police unions, labor needs a larger reckoning with law enforcement's role in a capitalist-colonialist state.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Labor
Field Museum Workers Say It’s Time for the CEO to Start Making Sacrifices, Too
Jeff Schuhrke
Labor
Union President Says Minneapolis Is Trying to Punish Transit Workers Who Wouldn’t Help the Police
Sarah Lazare
Dispatch
The Food Industry’s Next Covid-19 Victims: Migrant Farmworkers
Outbreaks have begun at farms around the country, thanks in large part to crowded employer-provided housing.
Michelle Fawcett and Arun Gupta
Rural America
We Don’t Farm Because It’s Trendy: For Black Folks, Growing Food Has Long Been a Form of Resistance
Ashley Gripper
Labor
Get Ready for Janus 2.0, Which Could Devastate Labor More Than the First
Moshe Z. Marvit
Labor
There’s a Simple Solution to the Unemployment Crisis: Offer Everyone a Job
Rachel M. Cohen
Feature
Another Political Revolution in New York? Insurgent Jamaal Bowman Now Has Bernie and AOC on His Side
Bowman, a progressive insurgent, is gaining steam in his primary challenge to Democratic incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel. And now he has both Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders behind him.
Nick Vachon
Feature
Labor Must Be Anti-Fascist and Anti-Racist
A conversation with Kooper Caraway, President of the Sioux Falls AFL-CIO and Labor Rep for AFSCME Council 65.
Maximillian Alvarez
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