Labor Notes #418

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Employers moan about a shortage of workers with the right stuff for today’s high-tech factories. But it's a myth.
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Volunteers from different unions in Portland, Oregon, have gotten together to strengthen the local labor movement—and they're using Labor Notes to do it.

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A slate of activists bidding to head the nation's second-largest teachers local say the union should fight for better schools, not just a raise.

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Few unions have been willing to talk about higher taxes. But those who have called for raising taxes—on the rich, not on their fellow workers—have won public support.

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The year was marked by workers trying new things and setting higher standards, for their employers, their unions, and—in the case of low-wage workers—their pay.