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Teachers’ Strikes Are Rattling Washington. This Hearing in the U.S. House Is Proof.
As Denver public school teachers head back to school, ending their first labor stoppage in 25 years, it’s hard to dismiss the impact the... more
By Rachel M. Cohen
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Amazon’s Decision To Pull Out of NYC Is a Massive Blow To Corporate Welfare
Amazon announced Thursday the company has canceled its bid to acquire nearly $3 billion in public dollars to locate a facility in New York City&mdash... more
By David Dayen
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Denver Teachers Went on Strike To Be Able To Live Where They Teach
Update: On Feb. 14, Denver teachers reached a tentative deal with the local school district that includes significant pay increases, and suspended their strike. ... more
By Kelsey Ray
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Denver Teacher: I’m On Strike to Build a Nationwide Movement for Public Schools
On February 11, public school teachers in Denver, Colorado went on strike after 15 months of attempted negotiations with the school district. The Denver Classroom Teachers Association,... more
By Hayley Breden in conversation with Michael Arria
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Anchor Workers Are Organizing to Become One of the First Unionized Craft Breweries in the U.S.
After taking their union drive public on Thursday, workers from Anchor Brewing Company, a San Francisco institution that was founded in 1896 and stands as one... more
By Alex Press
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Amazon Threatens to Cancel New York City Headquarters if It Doesn’t Receive $3 Billion in Subsidies
Fearful of losing nearly $3 billion in subsidies for its expansion in New York City, Amazon has moved to a new strategy, one involving threats. The... more
By David Dayen
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Meet the Militant Flight Attendant Leader Who Threatened a Strike—And Helped Stop Trump’s Shutdown
The government shutdown introduced America to an audacious new voice in the labor movement: Sara Nelson. While receiving the MLK Drum Major for Justice Lifetime... more
By David Dayen
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Everything You Need to Know About the General Strike that Shut Down Seattle 100 Years Ago
On February 6, 1919, the city of Seattle ground to a halt as 60,000 workers walked off the job in a general strike that would last 6 days. Workers... more
By Cal Winslow
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Instead of Enriching Shareholders, These Companies Could Give 8 Million Workers a $46,000 Raise
How public companies like Nike and Apple are shifting money away from workers to the already very wealthy. more
By Colleen Boyle
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LA Teachers Didn’t Just Win Their Strike—They Beat Back School Privatizers
In a joyful, rain-drenched strike, 34,000 Los Angeles teachers won things no union has ever won. They forced Superintendent Austin Beutner, a former investment banker, to... more
By Barbara Madeloni
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Polar Vortex Shows How Incarcerated Workers Are Bearing the Brunt of Extreme Weather
On January 28, an image of Cook County Jail prisoners shoveling snow went viral after it was posted on the La Villita community Facebook... more
By Michael Arria
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I Was a Student Worker Fighting for a $15 Wage. Now, I’m Facing a Criminal Record.
On Monday, February 4, I will have my day in court in New Brunswick, New Jersey. That’s not where I’d like to... more
By Ina Padua
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New Study Says the Median Black Family Will Have Zero Wealth by 2082
The story of the growing inequality in the United States has many dimensions. There is the overarching story of the last four decades of polarizing... more
By Chuck Collins
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Denver Teachers: We Won’t Let H.R. Break Our Strike by Threatening Our Immigrant Colleagues
On February 16, 2017, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education unanimously passed the “Safe and Welcoming Schools Resolution.” This resolution clarified... more
By Denver Teachers
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Mexican Workers Are Engaging in Wildcat Strikes at the Border
Catalyzed by the Mexican government’s minimum wage hike in the northern border zone, wildcat protests in Mexico’s assembly-for-export industry, or maquiladoras,... more
By Kent Paterson
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L.A. Teachers on What Was Won—And Which Battles Are Next
Following a six-day teachers’ strike over inadequate public-school funding, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) reached a... more
By Julianne Tveten
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Federal Employees Are Suing the Trump Administration for Forcing Them to Work for Free
Workers are suing the Trump administration, arguing that it’s illegal to compel federal employees to work with no pay. Filed by the American... more
By Michael Arria
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Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Union Man
If Martin Luther King Jr. still lived, he’d probably tell people to join unions. King understood racial equality was inextricably linked to economics.... more
By Peter Cole
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Trump’s Shutdown Is Forcing Over 400,000 Federal Employees To Work Without Pay
What would you do if management could force you to work without pay, lock you out with no consequences, and fire you for going on... more
By Saurav Sarkar
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