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Unions
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How the War on Workers Is Changing
We need to put back into place laws and policies that balance the powers of employers and employees, and let workers unionize.
Lessons From James Boggs: Capitalist Automation in the 21st Century
The racist antagonisms in the UAW led James Boggs to revolutionary conclusions about the US capitalist system.
Labor Rights Abuses Still Rampant Two Years into Colombia Free Trade Agreement
As the Colombia Free Trade Agreement reached its two-year anniversary today, labor and human rights organizations say the pactu2019s failure to curtail labor rights abuses in Colombia illustrates the …
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Fast-Food Protests Go Global
It is easy to understand why workers are protesting an industry that has become known for poverty wages and poor working conditions.
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Early Childhood Educators Partner With Union and Workers’ Center, Score Historic Victory
Last week, historic legislation expanding Vermont labor law and allowing previously excluded early childhood educators to form their union was passed.
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Unions Need to Build Power
In this excerpt from the new afterword to “Raising Expectations (And Raising Hell),” Jane McAlevey argues that unions have to start focusing on the inequality of power.
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Despite Local “No” Votes, Teamsters International Declares UPS Contract Ratified
The largest private sector union contract in the US had been in limbo since last summer, as UPS workers around the country voted down their local supplements. Now the …
Let Them Eat 1.6 Percent
Media gasps over New York City workers' retroactive pay is one episode in the longer game of the rich contributing less in personal and corporate taxes.
Deride and Conquer: Dismantling the USPS
The historical cost of building our postal network, its unique characteristics and efficiency, the nefarious efforts to privatize and cripple it, and the economic and personal costs of losing …
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In Colombia, Free Trade Brings More Poverty and More Killings
The free trade agreement between the US and Colombia has produced a significant trade surplus for the US, but a plan to protect Colombians has been totally ignored.