Labor
Chicago charter school teachers strike for smaller classes and higher pay
February 8, 2019Funding is up, but Chicago charter schools are cutting budgets and laying off staff. Teachers have had enough.
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Workers, AFL-CIO, Democrats open legislative push for $15 minimum wage
February 8, 2019Workers descended on Capitol Hill to tell lawmakers to raise the wage. Democrats liked what they heard; Republicans didn’t.
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100 years after Seattle 1919: Is the general strike making a comeback?
February 7, 2019The General Strike, a worker weapon that struck fear into corporate chieftains and their political cronies a century ago is getting a fresh look.
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Union leader Shearon on shutdown: No private sector bosses as bad as Trump
February 6, 2019Shearon, whose union represents both public and private sector workers – including thousands of federal immigration judges and tens of thousands of Boeing aerospace workers – produced a pungent comparison between Trump’s lockout and lockouts launched...
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“Part of their soul was missing”: Scottish steelworkers lost more than jobs
February 5, 2019Statistics never capture the emotional narratives of deindustrialization.
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