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Unions

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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 …

New Blueprint for US Workplace: Ellen Bravo on the Fight for Paid Family Leave
Too many Americans are going to work sick or unable to take time to care for a family member. Ellen Bravo explains how we can change that.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Fewer Than 12 Percent of US Workers Belong to Unions, and More
A little more than fifty years ago, over a quarter of workers belonged to some type of union. Today, fewer than 12 percent of all workers belong to a …

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Eight Years of Bush Cost Us Trillions of Dollars, and More
Eight years under George W. Bush cost us about $6.6 trillion dollars, and more.

Unions Backing Historical People’s Climate March
Labor supporters of the march are encouraging union members, their families and their friends to participate in the September 21 March.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow to Unions, and More
Our nation's highest court strikes another blow to public unions, and more.

Creating Out of Crisis
From many sorts of crises, admittedly often related, new openings can also emerge.

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Harris v. Quinn: Separate, and Not Equal
The extreme right-wing and its big business backers have put both the government and unions together in the bull's eye.