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May Day's Radical History: What Occupy Is Fighting for This May 1st

Jacob Remes, AlterNet. April 27, 2012.

Occupy actions planned on May Day are tied to the generations-long movement for the eight-hour day, to immigrant workers, to police brutality and repression of the labor movement.

How Strikes at Boeing Became the Center of a Major Political Fight Over Jobs, Unions

Josh Eidelson, Dollars and Sense. August 31, 2011.

When Boeing tried to move production to South Carolina from Washington to avoid union workers, the NLRB stepped in and called it union-busting--and the GOP got mad.

Reviving the Strike: How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America

Joe Burns, Ig Publishing. June 13, 2011.

Despite being limited by significant strategic shortcomings, many trade unionists still burn with the passion of the 1930s.

How Uprisings in a Tiny Persian Gulf Country Could Send Oil to $150 in a Matter of Days

Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. March 1, 2011.

The country of Oman is a tinderbox: Its sultanhas ruled for four decades, exports 750,000 barrels of oil a day and half its population is under 21 -- with massive unemployment.

How Unions Helped Bring Economic Justice to Black Workers

Daniel Denvir, AlterNet. February 25, 2011.

Despite the fact that most black people are workers, the media continues to talk about black issues and union issues separately.

"Work Harder to Earn Less": Why the French Are Raising Hell in the Streets

Diana Johnstone, CounterPunch. October 24, 2010.

The establishment is trying to delegitimize the French strikers fighting for economic justice.

Massive Strikes Against Spending Cuts Rock Europe

Nadia Prupis, TruthOut.org. September 30, 2010.

In total, 14 European countries have protests and strikes planned.

Labor Unions May Have To Abandon Obama to Beat Corporate America

Mike Elk, AlterNet. May 13, 2010.

Labor unions need to start fighting their battles in the workplace, not on Capitol Hill.

Indian Guest-Workers in New Orleans on Hunger Strike

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise. May 20, 2008.

Indian guest workers rebuilding New Orleans are striking to protest abusive work conditions.

Massive Strikes Reveal a Tale of Two Frances

Agnès Poirier, Comment Is Free. November 22, 2007.

Sarkozy is trying to divide the strikers, and desperate to keep the French people on his side.

Millions of British Public Sector Workers Take to the Streets in Historic General Strike

Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikh, December 31, 1969.


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