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We Need Democracy on the Job and in the Union, Too »

January 28, 2021 | Barbara Madeloni

Democracy is on everyone’s mind, after the presidential election and transition we’ve just weathered.

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Film Review: 9to5, The Story of a Movement »

January 27, 2021 | Jenny Brown

The feminist movement sometimes gets derided as ignoring working-class women, but in fact it was the source of urgent demands for equal pay and childcare as well as some of the most creative labor organizing of the 1970s.
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In a Six-Day Strike, Bronx Produce Workers Doubled Their Raise and Inspired New York »

January 26, 2021 | Bianca Cunningham

Drivers and warehouse workers who feed New York City have won their strike. After six days off the job, the strikers at Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx ratified a contract that doubled management’s wage offer and defeated a health care cost increase.

Goodbye and Good Riddance: Biden Fires Labor Board’s Peter Robb »

January 22, 2021 | Gabrielle (Gay) Semel

On his first day in office, newly inaugurated President Biden sent a letter asking General Counsel Peter Robb of the National Labor Relations Board for his resignation—and advising him that if he did not resign, he would be fired.
Person in driver's seat of red car, wearing red mask, holds sign: "Safe reopening! Until cases decline, class is online!" Taped to back window of car is another sign: "A nurse in every school!" It is snowing.

Chicago Teachers Are Voting on Whether to Defy Monday's Reopening Order »

January 21, 2021 | Barbara Madeloni

UPDATE, January 25: Chicago teachers announced the vote results yesterday: With 86 percent of members voting, 71 percent voted to work remotely, defying the order that woul

Review: Blood Runs Coal Tells the Notorious Assassination of a Mine Workers Union Reformer »

January 20, 2021 | John Lepley

Most people are familiar with the politically motivated killings that punctuated the 1960s. From Medgar Evers to Robert Kennedy, bloodshed galvanized the antiwar, civil rights, and student movements, but eroded trust in government and higher education.

Opening the Door to a More Democratic UAW »

January 19, 2021 | Nelson Lichtenstein

In December the leadership of the United Auto Workers reached a settlement with the Justice Department that opens the door to election of top union officers by refere
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Communications Workers Fight Telecom Giant for MLK Day Off »

January 15, 2021 | Saurav Sarkar

One multinational company is using Martin Luther King Day to issue a slap in the face to its union, undermining the very legacy of the civil rights leader.

Swarming Solidarity: How Contract Negotiations in 2021 Could Be Flashpoints in the U.S. Class Struggle »

January 14, 2021 | Rand Wilson and Peter Olney

The labor movement’s pundits and prognosticators ring in the New Year like commentators anywhere. They make pronouncements about what “will” happen and what “should” happen to revitalize the shrinking U.S. trade union movement.
Sintrabrinks workers picketing behind a blue banner in Cali, Colombia in December 2020.

Brink's: Robbing Colombian Workers of Their Dignity »

January 12, 2021 | Cruz Bonlarron Martínez

Colombia is considered one of the world’s most dangerous places to be a union member.

Bay Area Transit Unions Join Forces to Win Safety Protections and Beat Back Layoffs »

January 12, 2021 | Richard Marcantonio

Transit workers have been hit hard by the pandemic. Last year at least 100 from the Amalgamated Transit Union and 131 from the Transport Workers lost their lives to Covid-19.
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Interview: Despite Escalating Assassinations, Colombian Farmworker Union Fights for the Right to the Land »

January 8, 2021 | Maya Hernández

The situation has recently gotten even worse in Colombia—already the world’s most dangerous place to be a union member.

How to Keep On Keeping On »

January 5, 2021 | Ellen David Friedman

Even asking the questions is exhausting.

Viewpoint: Health Care Workers Must Speak Out as Covid Spreads in Prisons »

December 22, 2020 | Heather Barnett

As cases of Covid-19 skyrocket across Washington state, protecting the public health requires bold action from our leaders. Unfortunately, delayed and reactionary responses have abandoned many of our most vulnerable community members.

What Are We Doing to Shift the Balance of Power at Work? »

December 22, 2020 | Barbara Madeloni

The pandemic kicked workers back on their heels—even tumbled some over. Fearing for their lives and well-being, some responded with fire and organizing, others with stunned passivity.

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