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Unions Expect Verizon to Impose Terms, Ready to Walk Out Again
Verizon workers struck for two energetic weeks last summer in response to billionsu2019 worth of concessions demands from the profitable telecommunications company. Now, after 12 more months of fruitless …
Corporations Sell Longer Day, Chicago Teachers Aren’t Buying
Teachers and labor activists nationally are watching high drama unfold in Chicago, where teachers have challenged u201cMayor 1%u201d Rahm Emanuel with a stunning 90 percent vote to authorize a …
Labor and the New Media
The coming of the Internet has had a profound impact on media coverage of working people and their unions. No, the mainstream media have not expanded their generally limited …
A Student Debt Strike Force Takes Off
Can young people re-imagine the burden of debt as a a productive tool, rather than a means to profit?
“No Matter What the Result, We Will Continue to Resist,” Says Mexican Electrical Workers Union Leader
Ehe Mexican Electrical Workers union: Two years ago, its 44,000 members were all fired when the Mexican government took over generating stations by force to set the stage for …