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The Troubling Link Between Attacks on Immigrants and Repression of Labor Activists
The Republican pre-election strategy of exploiting “the caravan” was irredeemably ugly. more
By Harry Blain
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George H.W. Bush Was an Enemy of the Working Class
In 1992, media reports claimed that then-president George H.W. Bush was “amazed” at the sight of a grocery store scanner. While the claim... more
By Rachel Johnson
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‘We’re One Union’: Why Chicago Teachers Are Out On the First Charter School Strike in the Country
After a grueling day of bargaining on Monday, teachers at Chicago’s Acero charter schools announced shortly after midnight that they were going out... more
By Rebecca Burns
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Robert Reich: Break Up Facebook (and, While We’re At It, Google, Apple and Amazon)
The New York Times recently revealed that Facebook executives withheld evidence of Russian activity on the Facebook platform far longer than previously disclosed. They also... more
By Robert Reich
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How Graduate Unions Are Winning—and Scaring the Hell out of Bosses—in the Trump Era
In a 1,035 to 720 vote, Columbia University’s graduate student union has agreed to a bargaining framework with the university’s administration, a milestone... more
By Daniel Moattar
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The First-Ever National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Was Just Unveiled—And It’s a Game Changer
When Rosa Sanluis arrived in the United States, she earned $60 per week for a seemingly endless set of household tasks, working for a family in... more
By Rebecca Stoner
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After Reports of Sweetheart Deal for Billionaire Pedophile, Calls Grow on Trump Labor Sec. to Resign
President Donald Trump's Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is rumored to be on the short list of possible attorney general nominees, but he is now... more
By Jake Johnson
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Why Every Democrat In Congress Should Support Bernie Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Bill
Brittany Williamson is 24 and lives in Detroit, the poorest big city in the United States. Over the past three years, she has worked two&mdash... more
By Marc Daalder
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The Other Victims of California’s Fires: Workers Inhaling Toxic Fumes
With the death toll now standing at 42 and with some 7,200 structures destroyed, officials are now calling the wildfire in Paradise, CA (dubbed the “Camp... more
By Brooke Anderson
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Voters Overwhelmingly Choose To Raise Wages in Two Red States
On Tuesday, Arkansas voters overwhelmingly approved Issue 5, a ballot measure that will raise the state’s minimum wage from $8.50 to $11 by 2021. The vote is... more
By Michael Arria
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How Labor Helped Bring Down Scott Walker and Bruce Rauner
On Tuesday night, in a strong rebuke to the anti-labor agendas of Wisconsin and Illinois’ Republican governors, voters elected Democrats to lead their states.... more
By Rachel M. Cohen
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Nearly Half a Million U.S. Homes Are About to Become Unaffordable
With millions of working-class Americans already facing a severe housing crisis, the next decade could spell another tremendous shock for the rental market. That's... more
By Tanner Howard
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Chicago Teachers Just Voted 98% to Authorize the First Charter School Strike in U.S. History
On Tuesday, teachers at 15 Chicago charter schools voted 98 percent to authorize a strike as they continue to bargain a contract with Acero Schools, the largest... more
By Rebecca Burns
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The Legacy of Slavery Is Alive in the South as Black Women Workers Face Horrendous Conditions
When Priscilla Smith found herself in Brazil this past May, speaking at an international conference of domestic workers, the distance from her life as a... more
By Eli Day
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Trump’s NLRB Just Quietly Ruled to Make Union Pickets Illegal
An all-Republican panel of President Trump’s National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) recently ruled that janitors in San Francisco violated the law when they... more
By Moshe Z. Marvit
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One Way to Defend Transgender People From Trump’s Attacks? Labor Unions.
A New York Times report this week revealed that the Trump administration’s assault on transgender, non-binary and intersex people has ... more
By Julianne Tveten
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Our Food System Is Built on Exploitation. Now Farmworkers Are Saying “No More.”
For Rosalinda Guillén, everything begins with food—and that means paying close attention to the treatment of workers at the foundation of... more
By Heather Gies
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Unions Can Protect Workers From Deportation. This Coalition of 3.5 Million Is Showing How.
After more than two decades living, working, and building a family in the United States, Cesar Rodriguez feels his life is in limbo. The driver... more
By Heather Gies
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Brazilian Companies Pressure Workers to Vote for a Fascist Presidential Candidate
Just off the interstate highway near the Brazilian city of Florianópolis is a large replica of the Statue of Liberty. Behind it the... more
By Michael Fox
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