Labor movement
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Analysis
Massachusetts nurses persevere, win safe staffing gains with historic 300+ day strike
The contract ratification ended a 301-day strike of 700 nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) – the longest…
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Bakery workers fight labor abuse in Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
BCTGM Local 37 workers do not intend on returning to work until their demands are met. They expect the increase…
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Militant Journalism
‘No Cuts to the Classroom’: San Francisco rally challenges school board’s budget
It will take the school workers and the community organizing together, the same people that make the school system and…
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Features
Huge new union of student researchers at the University of California wins recognition
In a historic victory decades in the making, Student Researchers at the University of California have won union recognition --…
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Analysis
Round 2: Bessemer Amazon workers headed for new union election
Union organizers are gearing up for an election re-run at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama after objections filed by…
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UAW members vote strongly in favor of ‘One worker, one vote’ referendum
In voting results announced on December 2, members of the United Auto Workers overwhelmingly voted to change the union’s method…
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Richmond retail workers win gains after strike
After three days of striking, starting with a walk-off on November 7, Diversity Thrift workers in Richmond, VA won considerable…
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Starbucks workers win historic first union: ‘If we can do this here, you can do this too’
After experiencing months of harassment, intimidation and stalling by executives, Buffalo baristas have successfully formed the first Starbucks union in…
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Garment workers win breakthrough legislation against sweatshop pay
After years of organizing, California garment workers have won their fight to pass SB62 -- the Garment Worker Protection Act.…
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Strikers at John Deere win COLA gains
One of the most significant gains by United Auto Workers members at John Deere as a result of their five-week…
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