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Unions
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IKEA’s Double Standard on Workers’ Rights
If IKEA is really committed to the right of workers to unionize, why did the company recently hire union-busting lawyers?
Reclaiming Labor History: How Domestic Workers Resisted Racism in the ’60s and ’70s
Premilla Nadasen discusses how Black women domestic workers organized for better pay and conditions in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Teachers’ Resistance in Oaxaca Offers Lessons for US Activism
The mass mobilizations organized by the teachers' unions in Oaxaca, Mexico, could serve as a model for activism in the US.
As TPP Deal Inked, Guatemala Labor Case Unmasks Free Trade’s Empty Promises
As with all the previous trade deals, the president is making lofty claims about this one.
Bankruptcy Lawyers Strip Cash From Coal Miners’ Health Insurance
Secure health insurance has been one casualty of the wave of bankruptcies.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Unions Are Still Good for Workers, and More
According to two new reports, collective bargaining is the best tool we have to increase opportunity for workers.
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Labor Unions: The Folks Who Gave You the Weekend
There is little appreciation of role of labor unions in promoting benefits and rules that protect all workers.
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Black Labor Organizers Urge AFL-CIO to Reexamine Its Ties to the Police
United Auto Workers members have led a push for the AFL-CIO to dissolve its relationship with an international police union.
Black Unionists Try to Save South Africa From Becoming a Failed State
The importance of international solidarity cannot be underestimated.
How Uber and the Gig Economy Are Making Voters as Disposable as Temp Workers
The new gig economy has created a temporary politics of disposable voters.