Dan DiMaggio

Solidarity Is Key to Beating Trump's Divide-and-Conquer

Dan DiMaggio

If there’s one value the labor movement holds highest, it’s solidarity.

A brilliant recent example is Kohler, Wisconsin, where 2,100 factory workers struck against two-tier wages. Most strikers were top-tier workers standing up for their lower-tier brothers and sisters—a point of pride for the union.

This kind of solidarity generally doesn’t make national headlines, though. Instead we’re fed a steady diet of billionaire Donald Trump’s attacks on Mexicans, Muslims, and other working people.

Secret Weapon vs. Verizon: Retirees

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December 04, 2015

As 38,000 Verizon union members enter their fifth month without a contract, crews of retirees are swinging into action to defend their own health benefits.

Locked Out Steelworkers Resist Company Wish List

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December 01, 2015

Twenty-two hundred Steelworkers, locked out since August 15, are refusing demands for major concessions on health care, retiree benefits, and subcontracting.

Grand Rapids Bus Drivers Fight to Save Pensions

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November 03, 2015

Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 836 in Michigan have brought a 15-foot inflatable camel to their pension fight.

As Cadillac Tax Threat Looms, How Can Unions Respond?

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November 02, 2015

Your employer has already brought it up in bargaining—or else is about to. How hard are unions getting hit, and what can we do about it?

Striking Over Grievances When the Contract's Up

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October 13, 2015

Unions that keep working after a contract expires can strike over grievances, as several CWA locals at AT&T did earlier this year.

As TPP Deal Inked, Guatemala Labor Case Unmasks Free Trade's Empty Promises

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October 06, 2015

To see through the hollow rhetoric, just look at the example of the first-ever labor case brought by the U.S. under a free trade agreement.

Support for Sanders Grows in Unions

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July 17, 2015

Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president is drawing impressive crowds to rallies across the country. Many union members are part of this groundswell of support, and he’s won the backing of a number of local unions and state AFL-CIOs.

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