Labor
Tackling white privilege: AFL-CIO targets racism and prison-industrial complex
October 24, 2017Said one Florida worker, “Dr. King didn’t give his life for all of us to sit on our ass and feel good.”
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Union solution to Janus case: Wall-to-wall internal organizing
October 24, 2017The ultimate solution to combating the Janus ruling is “to get off our butts and get into the workplace.”
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People’s World story exposing VA privatization wins prestigious award
October 24, 2017"We need to tell this story right because the American working class values of fairness, generosity, and collective responsibility are being high-jacked by profit-seeking corporate forces."
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Building Trades leader: U.S. needs $4 trillion for infrastructure repairs
October 24, 2017The U.S. needs to spend $4 billion yearly for needed infrastructure repairs, the president of North America’s Building Trades Unions says.
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Organize the South! Arkansas workers make the case
October 24, 2017When the AFL-CIO decided not to take up a call for a Southern organizing strategy at its convention, it passed over an important opportunity.
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