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Massachusetts Teachers Aim To Knock Down “Data Walls“
Data walls are widely seen as the latest front in a war being fought by educators, parents and students nationwide against “predatory education reform.”
Volkswagen Workers Vote on Union, Works Council Scheme
A win for the United Auto Workers at Volkswagen looks likely this week, as 1,550 workers vote on union representation through Friday.
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Union-Backed Candidate Wins First Round in El Salvador Election
Ten unionists were martyred in a 1989 bombing by right-wing death squads, targeted because they were union leaders.
US Education System in Deepening Crisis: What Can be Done About It?
Public education, one of the storied pillars of our society, is under attack by people and institutions who like to think of themselves as reformers.
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SOTU 2014: The Cognitive Power of the President
President Obama could right a slew of wrongs using his cognitive and executive powers, says George Lakoff, and he has a list in mind he hopes to hear about …
Gender Wage Gap for Union Members is Half the Size of Non-Union Workers’ Gap
Union members typically make more per week than non-union workers u2013 but the bonus is larger for women.
Red Tape: Controlling the International Flow of Apparel
More than half a million jobs in the apparel industry have been lost since NAFTA. Ladydrawers connects the dots between homeland security, bras and the loss of US jobs.
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Grad Employees Re-Unionize at New York University—First in the Country
This makes NYU once again the only private university with unionized graduate employees.
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Obama Administration Stays Quiet as Boeing Strikes Major Blow to Pensions
Boeing is one of the few remaining major corporations in the US that still offers defined-benefit pensions. But on Friday, 30,000 union workers in Washington state voted to give …
Washington State Boeing Workers Accept Pension Concessions
Mike Elk: Boeing workers' new contract is a blow to worker pensions nationwide.