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Articles about the Labor Movement
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Huge new union of student researchers at the University of California wins recognition
In a historic victory decades in the making, Student Researchers at the University of California have won union recognition --…
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Round 2: Bessemer Amazon workers headed for new union election
Union organizers are gearing up for an election re-run at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama after objections filed by…
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MIT graduate employees announce majority support for unionization — will MIT commit to contract negotiations?
The graduate student workers of MIT have spoken. Will President L. Rafael Reif listen?
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UAW members vote strongly in favor of ‘One worker, one vote’ referendum
In voting results announced on December 2, members of the United Auto Workers overwhelmingly voted to change the union’s method…
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Richmond retail workers win gains after strike
After three days of striking, starting with a walk-off on November 7, Diversity Thrift workers in Richmond, VA won considerable…
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Unions, NYC community back strikers at Columbia U
The escalation in tactics from a picket line in the middle of campus to a picket line peacefully blocking entrances…
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Militant Journalism
Six dead in Edwardsville, Illinois, after Amazon warehouse collapse
At Amazon warehouses, speed is prioritized above all else, and this disregard for safety means that their facilities are some…
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Analysis
MLB execs shut down baseball industry in attempt to divide player’s union
At midnight on Dec. 2, Major League Baseball executives officially began a “lockout” of players from all team facilities. This…
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Starbucks workers win historic first union: ‘If we can do this here, you can do this too’
After experiencing months of harassment, intimidation and stalling by executives, Buffalo baristas have successfully formed the first Starbucks union in…
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Militant Journalism
Striking Kaiser stationary engineers garner solidarity strike from nurses, mental health workers
In breathtaking solidarity, 40,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers, representing SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, joined the picket of the International Union…
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