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Art is labor, so why aren’t musicians and other artists viewed as workers?
December 21, 2023In the 1930s, artists came to think of themselves as cultural workers and their labor activism exploded.
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Is slavery back in Alabama?
December 20, 2023For private businesses, prison labor is like a pot of gold. No strikes. No union organizing. No health benefits, unemployment insurance, or workers’ compensation to pay.
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Railroad workers intimidated into putting speed ahead of safety
December 19, 2023Rail bosses enforce a system that jeopardizes employees and communities.
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Union leaders demand Gaza ceasefire, call out Biden’s ‘complicity in war crimes’
December 15, 2023UAW President Shawn Fain sounds internationalist message: Labor movement has to “fight for all workers and suffering people around the world.”
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Union coalition sues to toss Wisconsin’s infamous ‘Act 10’
December 14, 2023It’s the law that prompted 125,000, led by then AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, to march and occupy the Capitol in Madison despite snow and minus 25 degree temperatures.
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