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A Home Base for Temp Worker Organizing »
December 7, 2016 | Sonia SinghWarehouses and factories dot Chicago and its suburbs, concentrating hundreds of thousands of workers in a major hub for transporting goods.
Thanksgiving on the Picket Lines at Momentive »
November 23, 2016 | Dan DiMaggioSeven hundred workers who make adhesives and sealants for Momentive Performance Materials will spend Thanksgiving on the picket lines.
After Labor Notes Training, Management Sees Red »
November 22, 2016 | Dan DiMaggioFired up after a Labor Notes stewards training, workers at the Camden County Board of Social Services organized an impromptu red-shirt day.
In Short Strike, Jim Beam Workers Crush Two-Tier and Beat Grueling Hours »
November 18, 2016 | Chris BrooksJim Beam distillery workers won some relief from grueling hours and defeated a two-tier wage scale by going on the first strike in company history.
Sickout Leaders Make a Bid to Re-Energize Detroit Teachers Union »
November 17, 2016 | Jane Slaughter“Fired Up or Burned Out?” asks a new slate running for office in the Detroit Teachers union (DFT). “Which one are you?”
This Is Not a Drill: Bracing for the Trump Era »
November 17, 2016 | Mark BrennerDonald Trump’s win is the gut-punch finale to a surreal election season. For thousands of rank-and-file activists the outcome is even more bitter after the inspiration and energy stirred up by Bernie Sanders’ improbable campaign.
Massachusetts Teachers Knock Out Corporate Charter School Scheme »
November 11, 2016 | Samantha WinslowOne of a few silver linings in an otherwise doom-and-gloom Election Day was in Massachusetts—where, despite being outspent by corporate education reformers, a teacher-led coalition beat back charter
