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Labor and Climate Activists Are Teaming Up to Push for Green New Deal
With UAW workers on strike, reporter Steven Greenhouse addresses the future of American labor.
Strikes Are the Only Way Out of Our Current Crisis
Unions put us into conversations with people whom most of the progressive movement isn’t talking to.
Can the Nation’s First Charter School Strike Transform the Industry?
Illinois state reps, in solidarity with Acero charter network strikers, announced bills to reform the charter industry.
Chicago Teachers Just Voted to Authorize the First Charter School Strike
Charter school teachers are currently bargaining their first contracts as members of the Chicago Teachers Union.
Unions Forge Partnerships With Communities for the Common Good
Unions are fighting for quality of life, not just contracts.
Schooled in Terror: The Tactical Trainings Where Cops Militarize Their Brutality
Militaristic police trainings are sustained by organizations committed to the war on terror and racist policing.
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Impending Chicago Teachers’ Strike Adds Power to Nationwide Movements Against Inequality and Racism
As Chicago protests continue, the teachers union has an opportunity to make powerful demands for racial and economic justice.
The Criminalization of the Hunger Strike
From Guantanamo to Israel to Chicago, officials often portray hunger strikes as crimes rather than as protests of last resort.
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One Year After Closings, How Are Chicago’s Public Schools Now?
For the low-income communities that lost a neighborhood school, the effects are still palpable one year later.
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All for One and One for All: Learning To Build a Social Justice Union
"How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers," a Labor Notes book, tracks how the Chicago Teachers Union built itself up as an agent of community and …