unions
Missouri Republicans fail to achieve much of their agenda
May 21, 2014"Their whole legislative agenda revolves around this one central idea: Weaken unions and increase profits for big corporations."
Read moreWant a better world? Get on board with the new labor movement
May 21, 2014Deep-going social change in a progressive, left and socialist direction doesn't just "happen." It requires, first of all, real, active, and politically far-seeing social movements on the ground.
Read moreToday in labor history: Hawaiian workers win collective bargaining
May 21, 2014On May 21, 1945, the Hawaii Employee Relations Act was signed, guaranteeing the predominantly Native Hawaiian and Asian immigrant pineapple and sugar workers the right to bargain collectively.
Read moreU.K.: Performers condemn woes facing the entertainment arts
May 21, 2014Stage and screen performers face funding cuts to the arts, chronic low pay and the dearth of black and ethnic minority representation.
Read moreUnity was their cry: Fast food workers go global
May 20, 2014Tattooed teenagers joined with their sign-carrying elders as part of the global fast food workers' strike. Like an idea whose time has come, there was no holding back this group.
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