The Duterte regime plants ‘evidence’ on call center union members who declined to scab when U.S. workers walked off the job.
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Divided Auto Workers Vote to Accept GM Contract
Rank-and-file members of the UAW approve the agreement, but with major opposition from workers whose plants may yet be closed.
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‘Why We Wear Red on Thursdays’
Unlike other unions over the last 30 years, CWA has continued to strike—and continued to win. Their enduring preparedness starts with something as simple as wearing red.
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Threatening to Disrupt, D.C. Janitors Win Better Working Conditions
The victory sets a standard that their union hopes to match as contracts expire up and down the East Coast.
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Sanders and Warren Take Aim at Taft-Hartley
Both candidates favor repealing much of the law that slammed the brakes on unions’ growth.
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Where Are the Workers When We Talk About the Future of Work?
CEOs, Silicon Valley investors, and techno-academics talk to themselves about new technologies, but workers must have a say in these debates as well.
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Chicago Teachers and Staff Walk Out for Community Needs
The strike has put 1 percent of the city’s workforce on the picket lines, and they want more than higher pay and smaller class sizes—they want a better life for their communities.
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Will the UAW Vote Down the GM Contract?
A mixed tentative agreement with no guarantees against outsourcing has some workers vowing to fight on rather than ratify the pact.
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Hard Lessons From the Hard Rock Hotel Collapse
In an industry with lax enforcement of safety standards and where the companies in charge are let off the hook, worker deaths are all too common.