strikes
Grad student workers in Chicago strike UIC, administration refuses to budge
March 22, 2019Many UIC graduate student workers are struggling to get by on $18,000 a year.
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GM plant closures may force United Auto Workers to strike
March 19, 2019The closing of Lordstown came despite GM having been the beneficiary of huge Trump tax cuts that were supposed to trickle down to the workers.
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Weingarten: Teachers strikes “successful examples” of community-based action benefiting workers
March 18, 2019The teachers' strike in West Virginia last year was a shot heard across the nation with teachers all over the country following suit with strikes and job actions.
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Community, labor support strong and growing for striking Oakland teachers
March 1, 2019A big concern is that school closings will force more and more students into privately run charter schools.
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Union begins Ohio’s first charter school strike
February 22, 2019More than two dozen teachers, staff, parents and community supporters picketed Summit Academy in suburban Parma Feb 19.
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