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Viewpoint: How One Union's Image Got an Upgrade »

May 3, 2018 | Bruce Nissen


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Viewpoint: To Thrive after Janus, Deeper Changes Are Needed »

May 3, 2018 | Marian Swerdlow


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Viewpoint: An Injury to the Contract Is an Injury to All »

May 3, 2018 | Les Caulford


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Here's How Arizona Teachers Organized Their First-Ever Statewide Strike »

April 27, 2018 | Chris Brooks


Feature: Teacher Uprising Grows

The Teacher Uprising Spreads Far and Wide »

April 27, 2018 | Labor Notes


Feature: Teacher Uprising Grows

Teachers Make Gains When They Make Trouble »

April 27, 2018 | Samantha Winslow


Feature: Teacher Uprising Grows

Oklahoma Teachers Walk Out for Nine Days, Win Precarious Gains »

April 27, 2018 | Samantha Winslow


Feature: Teacher Uprising Grows

Viewpoint: Unions Are Class Organizations, and Should Act Like It »

April 27, 2018 | Jonathan Kissam


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Massive Crowds Flood Capital as Arizona Teachers Stage First-Ever Statewide Walkout »

April 27, 2018 | Jonah Furman

Seventy five thousand teachers and allies in red shirts flooded the streets of Phoenix as Arizona educators launched a statewide walkout on April 26 for increased school funding and raises for all school employees.

Columbia Grad Workers Set to Strike, As Admin Refuses to Bargain »

April 23, 2018 | Katie Fustich

Graduate students at Columbia University are on the verge of a strike over the university’s refusal to bargain with their union, Auto Workers Local 2110.

Contracted Hospital Workers Win Job Security »

April 16, 2018 | Laurel Albina

For the first time in 15 years, 4,000 subcontracted hospital housekeepers and dietary workers in British Columbia have job security. They won that peace of mind by pulling off a series of escalating actions on the job.

Indiana Teachers ‘Go Green’ To Track Member Sign-Up »

April 13, 2018 | Samantha Winslow

What will happen to public sector unions after the Supreme Court rules on the Janus v. AFSCME case this spring? Indiana teachers are already there.

The Special Status of Union Stewards »

April 13, 2018 | Robert M. Schwartz

Important update, 2020: Unfortunately, the Labor Board recently overturned this longstanding principle of labor relations.

50 Years after Memphis: Black Jobs Crisis Continues »

April 4, 2018 | Steven Pitts

On February 1, 1968, Echol Cole and Robert Walker left their homes for their jobs as Memphis sanitation workers. They never returned alive. They were crushed by a malfunctioning garbage truck. Their deaths sparked a strike by their 1,300 union brothers.

Interview: Reviving the Poor People's Campaign »

April 3, 2018 | Rev. Nelson Johnson and Joyce Johnson

The Poor People's Campaign was born out of the Moral Mondays movement in North Carolina, a clergy-led drive that beginning in 2013 united faith leaders, union members, LGBT activists, and immigrant rights advocates in mass marches and civil disobedience.

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