Labor
News Guild protests takeovers by Alden hedge fund—‘the destroyer of newspapers’
May 19, 2021Thousands tell the Tribune Company that Alden’s aims are to rip off and rip up local papers.
Read moreNurses at Maine’s biggest hospital complex unionize
May 18, 2021Management, it appears, wants to drag its feet on talking with the union.
Read morePalestinian workers in Israel, West Bank launch general strike
May 18, 2021Palestinians stop work and shut down the economy as a condemnation of Israeli aggression spreads globally.
Read moreAFL-CIO’s VP Tefere Gebre: Filibuster slams workers, refugees, people of color
May 17, 2021“Progressives assume Republicans…will play by the rules…Instead, they slap you down.”
Read moreWeingarten: Post-pandemic schools should retool education
May 14, 2021The reopening of schools, she says, is an opportunity to remake public education in service of kids and in support of teachers
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