Private equity firm Bain Capital is suppressing a unionization campaign in Canada, but activists are protesting this in Bain’s Beantown hometown.
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
The New Freedom Rides
Sixty years ago, activists boarded buses to ride through the South to demand voting rights for Blacks. Today, their successors have been compelled to do it again.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Court vs. Farmworkers May Foreshadow Court vs. All Workers
This week’s ruling by the six Republican justices echoes the pre–New Deal rulings of a social Darwinist bench.
Posted inTAP
Why a Factory Job Ain’t What It Used to Be
Today on TAP: The American South and declining U.S. wage standards
Posted inWorking in America
A Great Organizer Steps Down
Jono Shaffer, who pioneered the organizing of janitors, security guards, and child care workers, is retiring.
Posted inVideos
⏩ Organizing for Social and Political Empowerment: Watch Our Conference
A half-day Zoom conference on challenges and strategies, featuring national and local progressive organizers and students of organizing
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Even West Virginia Bows to Solar
The epicenter of coal country belatedly begins to acknowledge the realities of renewables.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Man Bites Dog: Government Helps American Workers in Trade Dispute
For the first time ever, the U.S. trade representative has initiated a trade complaint against a foreign factory (which makes GM cars and pickups).
Posted inTAP
General Motors Has Second Thoughts
Today on TAP: The company pledges to respect workers’ right to unionize
