A Bright Light in Dark Times: CTU struggle explored in Labor
State University of New York employees are reeling from the union contract negotiated between the faculty union (the United University Professions) and the.
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Race, Class, Labor, and the (Not So) Incognito Controversy
I’ve long appreciated how athletics mirror and shape broader social relations (Consider, for instance, C.L.R. James’s Beyond a Boundary, which famously approached cricket.
- by Clarence Lang
- November 12, 2013
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Let’s Call Tuesday a Victory for the Labor Movement As Well
Labor rights were not on the line during this off-year election cycle, at least in the traditional sense. But there were still some.
- by Elizabeth Shermer
- November 10, 2013
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Jobs With Justice: 25 years of trying to transform Gompersism in the labor movement
These days, successful labor activity among the unorganized seems to depend, in ever greater degree, upon “faith based organizing,” union efforts interfacing with.
- by Paul Buhle
- October 31, 2013
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Bracero Guestworkers, Unpaid
This article was originally published in Jacobin. Every Tuesday, 76-year-old Miguel Díaz spends the better part of the day outside the House of.
- by Adam Goodman
- October 30, 2013
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Back to the Cooperative Commonwealth?
I think a lot about the problems of building a labor movement for the 21st century. And, as a long-time labor activist who.
- by Jonathan Kissam
- October 26, 2013
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Communities Are Worth Fighting For
Last month in Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray vetoed the Large Retailer Accountability Act, which would have required corporate retailers with sales.
- by Randi Storch
- October 21, 2013
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Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding History, Deadline: January 3rd, 2014
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- by Ryan Poe
- October 21, 2013
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Defend the Irish University Campaign—A call for Solidarity
University professors in Ireland are leading a campaign that links concerns for their work with a concern for education as a public good..
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 17, 2013
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Can Labor and Greens Build Coalitions?
For years, the labor movement has talked of the need to build coalitions with other social movements. During the Trumka presdiency, the AFL-CIO.
- by Erik Loomis
- September 30, 2013