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Unions call for end of anti-worker shutdown

January 14, 2019 Lev Koufax
On January 10, in spite of cold and windy conditions, hundreds of union workers and their supporters gathered outside AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., to protest the current federal government shutdown. A coalition of more […]
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Labor, community mobilize to support LA teachers strike

January 10, 2019 Scott Scheffer and John Parker
Los Angeles — All eyes are on the impending strike by United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA).  As in the rest of the U.S., teachers and other school workers are underpaid and public schools are in shambles. The […]
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Trump, big coal and black lung

January 5, 2019 Stephen Millies
Black lung disease is a terrible way to die. Coal miners’ lungs become crusty and useless, according to Dr. Robert Cohen, a pulmonologist at the University of Illinois. Towards the end, Dr. Cohen told National […]
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35,000 maestrx de Los Ángeles iniciaron la huelga de enero

December 24, 2018 Scott Scheffer
20 Diciembre – Después de veinte meses de negociaciones con Unified School District (LAUSD) de Los Ángeles y sin haber tenido un contrato por todo un año, 35,000 miembros del United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) […]
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35,000 Los Angeles teachers set January strike

December 23, 2018 Scott Scheffer
December 20 — After negotiating with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for 20 months, and without a contract for a year, 35,000 members of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) have set a strike date […]
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Solidarity with National Grid workers

December 19, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
Hundreds of union members and their supporters rallied in Boston in solidarity with 1,250 National Grid gas workers who have been locked out of their jobs for nearly six months. The lockout began after the […]
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An Amazon worker tells all

December 18, 2018 an Amazon.com Baltimore warehouse worker
Part 1: Robotics on steroids It was still dark driving to work on Saturday, Nov. 3. That’s when I heard on the news that part of an Amazon warehouse had collapsed. Two workers had been […]
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California teachers prepare to strike

December 17, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
Two California teachers unions are on the verge of launching the West Coast’s biggest teacher walkout since 1989. At stake is far more than fair wages for school workers. Contract demands include smaller class sizes […]
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Spectrum strikers still fighting

December 16, 2018 Stephen Millies
Members of International Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 in the New York City area have been on strike against the Spectrum cable monopoly since March 28, 2017. The 1,800 strikers are fighting Charter Communications, which […]
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Chicago charter school strikers win

December 12, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
The 500 Chicago charter school teachers at 15 UNO/Acero charter schools reached a tentative agreement with management on December 9. The strike has been suspended. Chris Baehrend, the chairperson of the Charter Division of the […]