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Unions
Coal Miners Are Mad…and Scared and They Have a Right To Be
I saw poverty on that trip in those hidden Appalachian valleys that I'd not seen since the Kennedy-Johnson era and the War on Poverty days.
Could Stronger Unions Make China More Democratic?
There's overall more political space for labor unrest in China today than there is for any other form of social conflict.
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NYU Grad Union Needs a Contract Campaign, Not Just a Contract
Thus far, our union's leadership has chosen expediency over engaging members.
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Is Worker Ownership a Way Forward for Market Basket?
Market Basket seems a prime candidate for transition to employee ownership that can keep the leadership that built the company's culture in place.
We Won’t Forget Wisconsin
A new film called Wisconsin Rising is screening around the country, the subject, of course, being the activism surrounding the mass occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol in 2011.
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A “Bill of Rights” for San Francisco’s Retail Workers
A proposed ordinance in San Francisco could make it easier for retail workers to attain stable employment in one of the country's most expensive regions.
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Latest Pro-Labor Reform Proposal Might Actually Undermine Labor
The latest labor reform proposal to make unionizing a civil right sounds helpful, but in shoring up workers' individual rights, it could undermine workers' collective labor rights.
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The Inside Baseball of the Northwestern Football Players’ Right to Union Representation
Big Ten football is a big moneymaker, and its football players have organized a union to give them a fair share of the money the players' work brings in.
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Is This US Coal Giant Funding Violent Union Intimidation in Colombia?
Alabama-based Drummond Co. sued for alleged ties to group behind deaths, threats.
Thirsting for Democracy in Detroit: Activists Resist Water Service Shutoffs, Wall Street and Privatization
After a week of direct actions protesting privatization and water service shutoffs, the people of Detroit reject a Wall Street-dictated world, decry commodification of the commons and push back …