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Court Workers Take the Lead: Bay Area Unionists Gear Up for Contract Fights
In August, over 300 workers walked off the job.
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The 3,000 Other Elections: Trump May Help Democrats Win Back State Legislatures
The Trump effect may enable Democrats to take back control in some GOP-led states on November 8.
Farmworkers Taste the Fruits of Victory
After waging countless work stoppages and an international boycott, 500 farmworkers have finally won union recognition.
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“We’re Freedom Fighters”: The Story of the Nationwide Prison Labor Strike
Are people incarcerated for their labor or to erase them from the landscapes being gentrified for the privileged?
Guess Who’s Winning the Argument on Trade?
A top AFL-CIO economist tries not to say, “I told you so.”
More Than 150 Million Workers in India Just Staged the Largest Strike in History to Resist Neoliberalism
Trade unionists in India staged a nationwide strike last week that affected key sectors of the nation's economy.
Six Reasons You Should Care About the NLRB’s Graduate Employee Decision
Here are five issues that the Columbia decision has put into sharp focus.
How Much Will the War on Unions Cost You This Labor Day?
The decline of unions has probably cost you, or someone close to you, thousands of dollars since last Labor Day.
Graduate Students Are Workers: The Decades-Long Fight for Graduate Unions, and the Path Forward
The NLRB's ruling that teaching and research assistants at Columbia University are workers and are legally protected is historic.
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Lack of Sense
This episode of Professor Wolff's radio show discusses graduate students unionizing, and more.