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Articles about the Labor Movement
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Militant Journalism
NYC educators fight life-threatening reopening plan
“We will not die so the economy can get back to work”
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CDC shifts under pressure, weakens safety standards for reopening schools, parents and teachers resist
Everyone wants students back in the schools, but not at the risk of losing lives.
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COVID-19
Bay Area Amazon workers fight for safe working conditions
On Aug. 1, Amazon workers and community supporters in the Bay Area will hold an early-morning car caravan to deliver…
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Militant Journalism
Labor coalition strikes for Black lives
Protests in as many as 100 cities that day rang out with a strong message that Black Lives Matter is…
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Analysis
Teachers demand COVID-19 containment before return to campuses
“I think I need to draw the line at dying.”
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Features
ILWU leader: ‘The way to invoke change is to deny labor’
The following are excerpts from a June 18 talk by Keith Shanklin, the President of International Longshore and Warehouse Union…
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Militant Journalism
ILWU shuts down 29 ports for Juneteenth, Movement for Black Lives
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union made a significant intervention into the national uprising against racism by organizing the Juneteenth…
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Features
King County Labor Council votes to expel Seattle Police Officers Guild
"As unions, it's our responsibility to fight for all forms of justice, and there can be no justice without racial…
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Militant Journalism
‘Black workers matter!’ Dorchester non-profit workers fight illegal union retaliation
College Bound Dorchester/Boston Uncornered laid off 8 workers in illegal retaliation against staff unionizing efforts.
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Analysis
Lessons from a labor leader: Denver teacher strike of 2019
"...workers like us have the power to defeat capitalism...when we organize and fight, we win."
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