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Strikes
The Revolution Will Not be Standardized
While there is a revolution taking place in eduction across the country, each union's struggle functions in a particular way.
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Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers’ Stories: Richard Wembe Johnson
A prisoner on hunger strike in California shares his story of years spent in isolation.
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Turkish Unions Strike, Joining Mass Protests
Labor unions in Turkey join with anti-government strikers to demand wage increases for the people.
The Judicial Amendments’ 1-2-3-4 Punch to Collective Bargaining
Judicial amendments have created so many ways that employees, unions, and, yes, employers can lose.
The Supreme Court Empowers Employers to Lock Out Workers
The Supreme Court defied the expressed purposes of the NLRA by empowering employer lockouts.
A Strike Is a Strike and Only a Strike
Ann Hodges and Ellen Dannin show how courts eroded employee power with a legal quagmire where strikes are risky.
Strike and You’re Out: The Supreme Court’s Destruction of the Right to Strike
In their continuing series on the National Labor Relations Act, two legal experts explain how the Supreme Court nullified the NLRA-enshrined right to strike by inventing an employer's right …
Solidarity NOT Forever: How the Supreme Court Kicked Retirees Into the Gutter
In 1971, the Supreme Court decided to remove National Labor Relations Act protections for retirees.
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Judicial Amendments and the Attack on Worker Rights
There's almost no part of the National Labor Relations Act that hasn't been weakened by amendments.
From Detroit to China to Bangladesh: Capitalism’s Costs, Capitalists’ Freedom
Richard Wolff deconstructs claims of efficiency and freedom made by enterprises outsourcing production.