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Can Union Co-ops Help Save Democracy?
A new wave of cooperatives is emerging in the US, and a big part of the inspiration is coming from what might seem an unlikely source: the United Steelworkers …

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“Pure” Capitalism Is Pure Fantasy
Call it "crony, gangster, casino" or "monopoly" capitalism, its supposedly objectionable features - big government, monopolies, the Federal Reserve, welfare, taxation and labor unions - are intrinsic to any …

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Time to Update the Union Handbook on “Just Cause“
Unions should update their training materials to present a more accurate description of the accepted elements of just cause.

Extra! Extra! Rich Corp Execs Shut Down the NLRB! Then and Now
Corporate executives at the American Liberty League undermined the National Labor Relations Act from its outset.

240,000 Turkish Workers Join As Mass Protests Reach More Than 67 Cities
Confederation of unions, stage two day strike in solidarity with protestors, against police brutality and for a more democratic Turkey

Economic Update: Labor, Unions and Crisis
Updates on corporate globalization, Philly schools, paid vacation law(?), the Cadillac Tax. Interview with Stanley Aronowitz on labor, unions and the left. Responses to listeners on higher ed economics …

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Jobs and Justice: Raising the Floor on Workers Rights and Wages in Haiti
Beverly Bell takes a look at the economics behind third world sweatshops to propose how alternative pathways can be found.

The Judicial Amendments’ 1-2-3-4 Punch to Collective Bargaining
Judicial amendments have created so many ways that employees, unions, and, yes, employers can lose.

Can Unions and Cooperatives Join Forces? An Interview With United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard
United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard talks to Truthout about the opportunities of a new labor model.

Economic Update: A Journalist’s Perspective
Updates on changing US retirement ages, Pope Francis's anti-capitalism, inequality inside countries, unionists march in Rome.