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Day Laborers Leader on Right-Wing Hostility: “So Far, We Have Won This Fight“
We recently spoke with Pablo Alvarado, executive director of the Los Angeles-based National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
This Is What Progressives — Especially Labor — Can Learn From Bernie Sanders’ Campaign
Even if Sanders is never a presidential candidate again, what could labor political strategists learn from his campaign?
Labor Organizing Across Israel’s Apartheid Line: An Interview With Israeli Labor Activist Yoav Tamir
To call WAC-MAAN simply a labor union is not quite accurate.
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Three Recent Wins Prove Old-Fashioned Union Power Isn’t Dead Yet
These workers can be proud of what they blocked and what they won — in two cases against the wishes of their national unions.
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Can Teamsters Save the Right to Retire?
Over 2,000 retirees and Teamsters from 20 states rallied in front of the capitol to stop their pensions from being slashed.
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After “Friedrichs” Victory, US Labor Can’t Take It Easy: We Have a World to Win
After the Friedrichs Supreme Court victory, it is time for the US labor movement to celebrate — and then to mobilize.
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Getting Beyond the Goods: Direct or Indirect Action in the US Union Movement
We must aim to build organizations committed explicitly to the primacy of direct action.
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Labor Movement Needs to Organize Against Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association
If unions lose Friedrichs, the fallout might ruin labor for a generation or more.
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Labor: 2015 in Review
As the assault on union standards continues, glimmers of hope in 2015 came from grassroots resistance.
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Hearts, Minds and Body Counts: The Politics of El Salvador’s Security Crisis
The right wing in El Salvador is exacerbating violence for political gain.