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Articles about the Labor Movement
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Features
“Our strike scared folks who are in power:” Interview with Nathalie Hrizi, UESF Vice President for Substitutes
UESF Vice President Nathalie Hrizi spoke with On Strike! to draw out some of the key lessons from the union’s…
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Analysis
Debunking the myth that “we’re not ready” for a general strike in the U.S.
It’s important that we know that this call is very much in the history of how general strikes have emerged…
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Honor King’s radical legacy: Defend the Civil Rights revolution, fight for socialism!
On March 18th, 1968, Dr. King addressed striking sanitation workers in Memphis, just two weeks before his assassination. King’s words…
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Analysis
‘Block everything’: Millions shut down Italy in general strike for Gaza and Global Sumud Flotilla
Workers in Italy are using their labor power to defend Gaza when their government won’t.
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Trump’s war on VA unions is a war on veterans
The Trump administrations seeks to demolish the VA and the care it gives.
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Militant Journalism
Research assistants at University of Illinois win the right to be included in and representation by the Graduate Employees Organization
Fighting Trump's attack on universities is key in this campus union drive.
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Militant Journalism
New English language requirements for truckers: A thinly veiled attack on immigrant workers
Billy Randel, co-founder of Truckers Movement for Justice, says Trump’s executive order is all about dividing and conquering workers.
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Analysis
RFK Jr. paves way for worker heat-related deaths ahead of hottest summer on record
These layoffs are part of the larger billionaires’ agenda of deregulation to put profits over people.
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Analysis
The International Labor Defense: 100 Years of law and struggle
The impact the ILD has left on the legal profession and the necessity of studying their tactics becomes clearer than…
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Militant Journalism
Reproductive health workers fight for union recognition in Allegheny County, Penn.
Management’s decision to not recognize the union has only proven to the workers their separate interests.
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