Labor
Trailblazing former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis dies at 68
February 19, 2021She was a trailblazer in the teachers-community combination. Lewis wasn’t afraid to speak truth to power. The union leader mobilized the city to support kids, adding massive parent backing to her union’s 35,000-plus members.
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Why the Alabama Amazon struggle matters to workers everywhere
February 19, 2021Feb. 20th - National Day of Solidarity with Alabama Amazon Workers
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Fast food workers forced to walk out again for $15 and a union
February 18, 2021It’s not just the pandemic that led the walkouts around the U.S.; it’s the poverty that low minimum wages plunge people into.
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Child slavery lawsuit targets Hershey, Nestlé, Mars and other chocolate giants
February 16, 2021Child labor is a major and ongoing problem for cocoa production in West Africa. NORC at the University of Chicago found that 1.56 million children were harvesting cocoa in Cote D'Ivoire and Ghana during the 2018...
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Overcoming company hurdles, 6,000 Amazon workers start union recognition vote
February 16, 2021If workers here go union, it will mark a double breakthrough for organized labor in two notoriously hostile environments: Amazon and Alabama.
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