Troublemakers Blog
February 19, 2014 /
Ten have received prison sentences for the death of a police officer during a strike—though the case against them relied on torture and coerced testimony. The case eerily echoes Chicago's 1886 Haymarket Affair.
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February 18, 2014 /
Kellogg's touts its "diversity and inclusion" while locking out Black Memphis workers.
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February 15, 2014 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 10 febrero 2014, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of February 10, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.
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February 14, 2014 /
Canada would become the first country on Earth to lose door-to-door postal service. Instead, the corporation should be looking at ways to expand—such as reviving postal banking.
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February 13, 2014 /
Members organized to reject a top-down merger that would have created a two-state, 65,000-member mega-local in the Pacific Northwest.
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February 06, 2014 /
Unions in El Salvador are backing a party that fought the government throughout the 1980s. They won the first round; a run-off is March 9.
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February 04, 2014 / Jenny Brown
On a brisk December night in New York City, we walked to the Roosevelt Hospital emergency entrance, but my friend couldn’t make himself go in. We walked past the entrance twice.
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February 03, 2014 /
The government is using anti-terror laws to crack down on an old enemy—the union movement. But unionists could lead Turkey's development in a democratic and secular direction.
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January 31, 2014 /
Jamie McCallum's new case study of the international union campaign against the world's largest private security firm is essential reading for would-be global activists.
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January 28, 2014 /
One teacher's journey, from childhood to classroom to the streets of Chicago, with the music of Pete Seeger.
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