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Unions

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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.

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The Working-Class Mini-Revolts of the 21st Century
The 21st century has seen a continuing decline in union membership and strikes. But it has also seen the emergence of unpredicted mini-revolts.

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May Day: While the World Celebrates Workers, the US Celebrates “Loyalty” and “Law“
Not only is May Day not recognized here, but it was rejected with extreme prejudice by the US government, on the grounds that it had communist overtones and was …

Portland Student Union Plays Key Role in Faculty Union Win
Students often find themselves with little to no substantive representation on campus, and in recent years, many have turned to building student unions.

Unions? We Don’t Need No Stinking Unions
South Carolina is a high-poverty state with a racially diverse population. And, like many comparable states across the Deep South, SC is a right to work state.