From Solidarity to Shock Therapy: The AFL-CIO and the Fall of Soviet Communism
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the death of Mikhail Gorbachev this year have sparked renewed interest in the USSR’s 1991 disintegration, a moment.
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Stamford Workers Show How to Transform Our Unions and Rebuild the Labor Movement
Chad Pearson: Andrew Tillett-Saks has given LAWCHA permission to re-publish this inspiring essay from Truthout. It is an excellent reminder of the long.
- by Andrew Tillet-Saks
- February 15, 2018
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Michael Sacco on Steve Early’s Save Our Unions
Labor law is outdated and rotten in the US, corporations have an inordinate amount of power, so it is rare that unions win.
- by Michael Sacco
- August 28, 2014
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US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement 3 years on–the Long Road to Solidarity by Avi Chomsky
When Barack Obama was running for president in 2008, he told the AFL-CIO convention that he would oppose the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
- by Avi Chomsky
- April 15, 2014
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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.
- by Randi Storch
- November 14, 2013