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Uber Is Offering Scab Rides to Help Break France’s General Strike
With at least 90 percent of all regional rail services closed amid the strike, Uber is attempting a strike break.
A Rising Movement Is Challenging Mexico’s Corporatized Unions
The 20/32 Movement promises to end the decades-long reign of corrupt union bosses.
In Wisconsin, the Teamsters Faced a Revolt From Below
When union leaders were unwilling to push back against managerial wrongdoing, workers pushed to change the leadership.
As Toys “R” Us Stages Holiday Comeback, Workers Organize to Protect Themselves
Retail workers are organizing to make sure private equity firms can’t make money by putting people out of work.
Pelosi Stalls Pro-Labor Bill While Pushing Trump’s Trade Deal
It's not the first time Pelosi has led a Democratic-controlled House to shelve labor-friendly legislation.
Striking Workers Sound the Alarm on Privatizing D.C. Public Transit
Workers at Cinder Bed Road garage are demanding equal pay for equal work.
Humans Aren’t Inherently Destroying the Planet — Capitalism Is
A new book dubs our current geological era the “Capitalocene.”
Philadelphia Domestic Workers Win a New Bill of Rights
This historic piece of legislation extends rights and protections to 16,000 domestic workers in Philadelphia.
The Climate Strikers Walked Out of School. Next, Let’s Walk Off the Job.
Climate strikes can win a Green New Deal by building community and labor alliances around demands for the common good.
Chicago Teachers Didn’t Win Everything, But They’ve Transformed the City
The two-week walkout will also likely have reverberations for teachers and other union members outside of Chicago.