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Teachers in British Columbia are planning their next moves, including withholding report cards, after Liberal Party legislators forced them back to work after three days on strike.

A campus organizing drive in Philadelphia once again raised a question that’s bedeviled workers seeking power against their bosses: Should they go with a smaller union where they know they’ll have a voice, or choose a big one with potentially more clout but less say for the rank and file?

If the war against unions has reached a tipping point, Wilma Smith is among those determined to rebalance the scales. Workers like her are losing their fear and leading a spurt of organizing at General Electric.

The bus drivers union joined with community movements and Occupy in 15 cities April 4 to protest fare hikes and transit cuts. In Boston, after a 24-hour vigil, 150 people packed a board meeting to shout, "Shame on you!"

Vanderbilt University has one of the highest-paid administrations around, but its dining hall workers make just $10.78 an hour. A student-community group has formed to institutionalize support for them.

Harvard has 73 libraries that comprise the largest private library collection in the world, the keystone supporting billions of dollars in research grants awarded to the Harvard community each year. Yet the Harvard administration feels its libraries are a drag on finances and is again...

Three books on the Wisconsin rebellion help us to better understand the 2011 uprising that brought hundreds of thousands into the streets. They also provoke some rethinking of the strategies involved.