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Con Ed Locks Out 8,500 Workers as Summer Heat Wave Hits
The utility company is trying to pin the blame for the lockout on workers for keeping consumer prices high.
The Fracking Industry’s Dirty Secrets
The fracking industry is one of the most secretive and deceptive industries in the country.
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Occupying Chicago Workers’ Fight to Start Cooperative Continues
The widely celebrated Chicago workers' cooperative, formed in the wake of two factory occupations, says their former employer is going back on its promise to give workers a fair …
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Why Don’t Americans Take More Vacations? Blame It on Independence Day
Big business has managed to wrap itself in the flag and inculcate hostility to unions.
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We Just Don’t Get it — Education Is All About the Teachers
As I often peruse articles on education, I am forever baffled by the lack of meaningful ideas about the direction it should take. The only plans seem to revolve …
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Stacking Dolls
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Fighting For the Soul of the Carpenter’s Union
All working people should pay attention to the egregious assault on union democracy happening in the Carpenters Union's Pacific North West Regional Council, which covers all the Carpenter's Locals …
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Are We at a Tipping Point?
Are we at a tipping point, where unions are no longer able to play their historical role of creating a shared working-class common sense?
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Supreme Court Health Care Ruling – A Significant but Incomplete Victory
While I believe that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will improve the overall health of the nation, particularly for women and the underserved, some health care disparities remain.
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America Must Declare War on America
This issue is one of a multitude facing this nation today, and there is only one way to get it done. America must declare war on America.