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Why Activists in the US and Around the World Should be Learning from Montreal Student Strikers

Manissa McCleave Maharawal, Zoltán Glück, Waging Nonviolence. May 27, 2012.

The core issues at stake here are the same ones that students and workers around the world are facing right now: austerity and the increasing privatization of education.

Wisconsin Democrats Wrong to Avoid Campaigning on Labor Issues in Walker Recall

John Nichols, Madison Capital Times. May 24, 2012.

Walker knows that a recall election in a closely divided state is about maximizing appeal to the base, not softening messages and avoiding issues. Why don't Dems?

Oregon Activists Pick Up "Health Care as a Human Right" Campaign for Real Universal Care

Peter Shapiro, Labor Notes. May 20, 2012.

In Oregon, activists are rejuvenating a campaign to win a health care system that covers everyone—and pays for it by cutting out the insurance companies.

Labor Struggles, Then and Now: Workers in One Iowa Town Epitomize the Past and Present of the Labor Movement

Kari Lydersen, In These Times. May 20, 2012.

A dramatic and bitter labor conflict has played out in Muscatine, Iowa in recent years, though without the prominence or massive community support of a century ago.

New York Nurses Take Back Their Union, Push for Safe Staffing

Mark Brenner, Labor Notes. May 20, 2012.

The ability of NYSNA nurses to chart their own course, ensuring patient care and bedside nursing are priorities, is a reminder that unions can change based on member involvement.

Nurses Defy Chicago Mayor, Rallying for Robin Hood Tax

Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes. May 20, 2012.

When Chicago’s “Mayor 1%” Rahm Emanuel threatened to derail the National Nurses United rally this Friday, NNU didn’t back down.

Pharoah Bloomberg: Paying Workers Enough to Live Is 'Communism'

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. May 18, 2012.

New York's billionaire mayor is so opposed to a tiny raise for workers at companies that get public money that he's vowed to sue. What's the deal with living wage laws anyway?

Workers Battle ExxonMobil Over Safety at Baton Rouge Refinery

Roger Bybee, In These Times. May 13, 2012.

Oil giant ExxonMobil is refusing to implement safety protections for the workers at its Louisiana refinery.

Why GOP Politicians Are Fleeing Scott Walker-Style Union-Busting

Josh Eidelson, Salon. May 13, 2012.

State Republicans are terrified of pushing anti-union legislation -- and becoming targets like Wisconsin's governor.

ALEC's Voter ID Laws Work to Overturn Hundreds of Years of Progressive Moves to Broaden Democracy

Leo Gerard, AlterNet. May 7, 2012.

Corporations, 1 percenters and Republicans are working to ensure you don’t vote because they honestly believe you don’t count.

Asleep at the Wheel: How Deregulation of the Bus Industry Could Get You Killed

Larry Hanley, Labor Notes. April 22, 2012.

Bus accidents kill about 50 and injure almost 1,000 other innocent passengers every year—and the biggest reason is driver fatigue.

‘We Don’t Go to Work to Be Touched’: Sexual Harassment in the Warehouse

Kari Lydersen, In These Times. April 22, 2012.

The same industry structure that allegedly allows for widespread violations of labor law also contributes to a climate of unchecked sexual harassment and retaliation.

50 Percent Pay Cuts at GE's Plants: Is This the Future of American Jobs?

Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes. April 16, 2012.

The company President Obama called a "model for America" is squeezing its workers, cutting pensions, wages and benefits--but workers are organizing to fight back.

Teamsters Score 3-to-1 Election Victory in Nearly Union-Free Industry

Josh Eidelson, In These Times. April 15, 2012.

The 46-to-15 vote is a major step forward in the Teamsters' campaign to transform the overwhelmingly nonunion port trucking industry.

Labor Leaders Join Civil Rights Groups to Fight Alabama's Draconian Immigration Law

Kari Lydersen, In These Times. April 8, 2012.

Union leaders, Latino community organizations, and others are heading to foreign car companies' shareholder meetings to demand they denounce Alabama's anti-immigrant law.

Influential Union Split on Wisconsin Recall Candidates: Should They Compromise to Avoid "Walker-Lite"?

Josh Eidelson, Salon. April 8, 2012.

The union that kicked off Wisconsin's capitol occupation is conflicted over endorsing a recall candidate who may not roll back all of Walker's cuts.

Fired for a Short Skirt? The Realities of Anti-Worker Laws in Wisconsin and Ohio

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. March 26, 2012.

The bans on collective bargaining, enacted in Wisconsin and overturned in Ohio, have had effects not just on organizing, but on workers' daily lives.

Can Unionizing Save Medical Marijuana in Los Angeles?

Stephen C. Webster, Raw Story. March 23, 2012.

The City of Los Angeles won’t be banning marijuana dispensaries any time soon, if the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) gets its way.

When 30% of Workers are Freelance, How Do They Build Power On the Job?

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Dissent Magazine. March 18, 2012.

How does one organize a workforce that is, by definition, unaffiliated? How do you hold your employers accountable when you cannot strike?

"Holy S**t, What a Nightmare This Turned Into": How Austerity Destroyed Our Small Towns

Max Fraser, Dissent Magazine. March 12, 2012.

Last summer, with the nattering of congressional debt-ceiling debates and reports of ballooning corporate profits making headlines, Max Fraser went in search of Middletown.

How To Deal With Social Media At Work

Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes. March 9, 2012.

Social media are presenting new challenges for unions as employers develop policies and discipline employees for their posts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

The Protests Will Go On In Chicago, As Obama Moves the G8 Summit to Camp David

Kari Lydersen, In These Times. March 9, 2012.

National Nurses United and other labor and community groups will continue with plans to protest economic injustice and call for a financial transaction tax.

American Airlines Plans to Slash Jobs, Cut Pensions in Bankruptcy Filing

Josh Eidelson, In These Times. March 5, 2012.

Any unions that don’t reach deals with the airline in the next two weeks may have their new contract terms, and the number of layoffs, set directly by a bankruptcy judge.

Chinese Workers Demanding Better Wages, Conditions, Real Union Protections

Lijia Zhang, Comment Is Free. March 4, 2012.

The first signs of real trade unions and factory strikes may signal the end of China's low cost, low human rights advantage.

Jazz Musicians Rally Together for Better Pay, Better Treatment at Work

Michelle Chen, In These Times. February 23, 2012.

Many jazz artists hustle from gig to gig, often at the mercy of club owners who have little or no obligation to provide basic benefits like medical or unemployment insurance.

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