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What the Labor Movement Can Learn from Bernie Sanders’ Unapologetic Socialism
This post originally appeared at Jacobin. The Bernie Sanders campaign has injected socialism into the mainstream discourse for the first time in decades. Young Sanderistas... more
By Joe Burns
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The Right to Strike Must Mean the Right to Return to Work After a Strike
With the decisive victory for union members at Verizon, 2016 is already on pace to be the second year in a row where recorded strike... more
By Shaun Richman
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Teachers Unions Are Pushing Back Against Draconian Student Discipline Policies
This post first appeared at Labor Notes. Two kindergarteners are poking each other with their pencils. What starts as a game soon gets out... more
By Samantha Winslow
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The War on Workers’ Comp
For nearly a century, millions of workers have endured punishing jobs in construction, mining and factory work—jobs with high levels of work-related disability... more
By Stephen Franklin
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In the UAW, Rising Academic Worker Unionism Is Haunted By the Ghost of Walter Reuther
First published at Jacobin. Things are looking up for student worker unionism. For decades, the legions of graduate and undergraduate teaching and research assistants whose... more
By Barry Eidlin
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New Labor Board Ruling Restricts Bosses’ Ability To Hire Permanent Replacements for Striking Workers
This aricle originally appeared at Labor Notes. A game-changing interpretation from the Obama-appointed National Labor Relations Board has narrowed the allowable reasons why an... more
By Robert Schwartz
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Are Software Engineers the Latest Exploited Migrant Workers?
Before Elton Kent ever set foot in New York, his career was going swimmingly. A son of India’s upper-middle-class, he had cut his... more
By David Iaconangelo
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How Can We Make Restaurant Jobs Into Good Jobs?
Over 14 million Americans work in the restaurant industry, making it the nation’s second-largest private sector employer. But it is the worst place... more
By Seth Kershner
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The Verizon Strike Shows that Average Workers Can Still Beat Corporate Giants
This piece first appeared at Labor Notes. Thirty-nine thousand Verizon strikers returned to work June 1 with their heads held high, after a 4... more
By Dan DiMaggio
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New Study Reveals Just How Brutal Meat and Poultry Work Is for Workers
The meat and poultry industry remains exceptionally dangerous, despite a decline in reported injuries and illnesses over the past 10 years, according to a new Government... more
By Elizabeth Grossman
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Washington, D.C., Teachers Union Wrestles with the Legacy of Michelle Rhee
It’s been five years since self-styled education reformer Michelle Rhee left her job as head of the District of Columbia Public Schools under... more
By Bruce Vail
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Union Members Don’t Oppose Environmental Protections. They’re Actually More Likely To Support Them.
Union workers attacking environmentalists—it has become a trope of our time. But what do union members actually think about the environment? In a... more
By Jeremy Brecher and Todd Vachon
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The Verizon Strike Is a Reminder That Improving Workers’ Lives Will Always Require Workplace Action
This piece first appeared at Jacobin. On Tuesday, news broke that Verizon would return to the bargaining table with the Communications Workers... more
By Elizabeth Mahony
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Life After Coal in Harlan County, U.S.A.
Kentucky's lifeblood is drying up. more
By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
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The Verizon Strike Is Not Just About Wages. It Is About Power and Domination Over Workers.
This piece first appeared at Jacobin. Bruce* has worked construction for Verizon for nearly thirty years and he is on strike. Walking a... more
By Alex Gourevitch
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Can Labor Learn from Silicon Valley?
If the gig economy is so hot, why is a good gig still so hard to come by? The sharing economy's new breed of... more
By Michelle Chen
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The Verizon Strike Is Now In Its Second Month, and the Stakes Are Higher Than Ever
This piece first appeared at Jacobin. As the massive strike at Verizon enters its second month with no end in sight, the stakes —... more
By Shaun Richman
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The ‘Sharing Economy’ Is a Sham for Workers
Pouty, whiney, spoiled-bratism is not nice coming from a four-year-old—but it's grotesque when it comes from billion-dollar corporate elites like Uber and... more
By Jim Hightower
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The Legal Argument That Could Overturn ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws Around the Country
Union supporters had reason to cheer earlier this month when Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s hated “right to work” law was overturned... more
By Shaun Richman
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