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Lessons from the Amazon Tax Victory in Seattle »

July 23, 2020 | Jonathan Rosenblum

Pressed by a relentless working class movement, the Seattle City Council on July 6 adopted a first-time-ever tax on Amazon and other big businesses that will bring in at least $214
A woman holds a sign that says "Are you serious?", while her son holds a sign reading "Safe schools or no school."

Full Steam Ahead on Reopening Schools? No Way, Say Teachers »

July 21, 2020 | Monique Dols and Peter Lamphere

Donald Trump has launched an all-out war to reopen schools across the country this fall. Educators are standing up to resist plans that would put our students, their families, or our co-workers in danger.

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Three Bold Moves Our Movement Must Embrace in the Wake of the Landmark LGBTQ Supreme Court Decision »

July 21, 2020 | Joan Jones

I felt a jolt when I heard the news of the Supreme Court’s ruling: the 1964 Civil Rights Act (which outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in hiring, promoting, and firing) also protects LGBTQ workers.

Detroit-Area Teachers: 'Safe Schools or No School!' »

July 20, 2020 | Jane Slaughter

Detroit-area teachers mounted a five-stop car caravan today, determined to tell administrators “Safe School or No School!”
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Letters to the Editor: Issue 497 »

July 20, 2020 | Steve Downs, Malik Miah
Unions Need To Reckon with Their Own Histories

On June 9 the General Board of the AFL-CIO adopted a “comprehensive set of recommendations ... to address America’s long history of racism and police violence against black people."

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Steward's Corner: How to Fight Concessions »

July 16, 2020 | Samantha Winslow

We know they’re coming: bosses are going to be pushing for concessions. Many employers are facing financial pain. Tax revenue is missing in cities and states; hotels, restaurants, airlines, and universities are all hurting.
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Concessions Didn't Work Then and They Won't Now »

July 16, 2020 | Jane Slaughter

As union members return to their jobs, employers will ask them to open their contracts and take concessions.
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Farewell, Samantha »

July 16, 2020 | Alexandra Bradbury

This month’s magazine is bittersweet; it’s the last one with Samantha Winslow’s name on the masthead, as she leaves the staff.
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Concessions and How to Beat Them »

July 16, 2020 | Jane Slaughter

Employers never let a crisis go to waste. The economic crisis created by the global pandemic will be used as a springboard to demand that workers work more and accept less.

Nurses hold picket signs that read "AMITA: Calls Us Heroes, Treats Us Like Zeroes," in front of St. Joseph Hospital.

Nurses Strike for More Staff at Big Illinois Health Chain »

July 15, 2020 | Dennis Kosuth

“After COVID-19, they put a sign up saying ‘heroes work here,’ but they sure aren’t treating us like that in bargaining,” said Olga Deschamps, a nurse at AMITA St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois.
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Housing Is a Worker Issue: Why the Labor Movement Should Support the 'Beyond Recovery' Campaign »

July 15, 2020 | Stephanie Luce

The uprising for Black Lives has opened new possibilities for organizing. But besides fighting police brutality, unions and worker organizations can address racial injustice by organizing around the issues of workers' everyday lives.

VIDEO: An Introduction to Just Cause »

July 14, 2020 | Bianca Cunningham

Labor Notes is pleased to present a series of free webinars taught by veteran Boston labor lawyer Robert M. Schwartz and hosted by Labor Notes staffer Bianca Cunningham.
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Flight Attendants Tell Airlines: Don't Even Think About Concessions »

July 13, 2020 | Sara Nelson

The COVID-19 crisis hit airline workers with speed and devastation. Passenger flow through TSA checkpoints fell 97 percent in March compared to a year earlier. In the months since, travel demand has only barely recovered, to 20 percent of a year ago.

Why and How SEIU Members Are Calling on Our Union to Expel Cops »

July 10, 2020 | Felix Thomson, Julia Wallace & Mark Ostapiak

As calls to defund the police rise across the country, many of us are taking stock of our own association with police through our common membership in unions.

In the Face of Mass Unemployment, We Need a 21st Century WPA »

July 9, 2020 | Max Page

How can we help the unemployed get good-paying work, advance toward a green world, and get more workers into unions? And at the same time rebuild what has been shattered by two generations of neoliberal attacks—a belief that government's role is to build a more just society?

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