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Supreme Court to Inspect Neutrality Agreements »
September 26, 2013 | Jenny BrownWith new organizing choked by the legal system, it's a rare campaign that doesn't first extract a “neutrality agreement” to blunt the boss’s wrath. In November, the Supreme Court will consider whether such agreements are legal.
Attack of the Cadillac Tax »
September 24, 2013 | Samantha Winslow | Samantha WinslowPicture a union worker pulling up in a Cadillac, valet-parking at the city’s most prestigious hospital, and pulling out the gold card for lavish care. Plastic surgery, massages: all covered. Is that what the "Cadillac tax" is supposed to prevent?
Learn from Master Troublemakers at Jerry Tucker Memorial Conference »
September 20, 2013 | Jane SlaughterAll there was to organizing, he said, was “you call a meeting and you make a list.” And then you get “more hands on the plow.”
In Chicago and Philadelphia, Closing Schools and Funding Charters »
September 20, 2013 | Samantha WinslowDespite massive protests by unions, parents, and community organizations, 47 schools closed in Chicago, and 23 in Philadelphia, almost all in poor Black and Latino neighborhoods.
On Occupy Anniversary, Unions Rally to Tax Wall Street »
September 18, 2013 | Samantha WinslowTwo years after Occupy Wall Street, unions and activist groups marched through the city demanding the Robin Hood Tax, a ½-percent tax on Wall Street financial transactions which could generate up to $350 billion annually.
