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Josh Eidelson

Josh Eidelson

Josh Eidelson (josheidelson.com) is a Nation contributor and was a union organizer for five years. He covers labor for as a contributing writer at Salon and In These Times.

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News and Features

Fighting Privatization, Occupy Activists at CUNY and UC Kick Into High Gear (Occupy Wall Street, Higher Education, Student Movements)

As administrators declare there's no alternative to austerity and corporatization in higher ed, student Occupyers fight back.

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Longview Labor on the Line (Labor)

Workers at a port in Washington State are reviving strike tactics that have become nearly extinct in American labor struggles—and they may just win.

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Occupy Verizon, Occupy the Labor Movement (Occupy Wall Street, Labor, Activism)

A joint march on Friday to Verizon’s Manhattan headquarters was just the latest in a series of collaborations between organized labor and Occupy Wall Street.

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The AFL-CIO Is Exploring New Investments in Alt-Labor and Texas Organizing
The federation’s general counsel tells The Nation “limited, thoughtful experiments” with alternative organizing...
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Domestic Worker Labor Leader: Federal Victory Is in Sight
A proposed regulatory change would extend some basic federal protections to long-excluded domestic workers.
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Veto Decision Looms for DC Retail Living Wage Bill
The bill, requiring hourly compensation of $12.50, is a high-profile challenge to Walmart’s business model.
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In Industry Where Few Workers Are 'Employees,' Teamsters Mount Multi-Front Attack
Port truckers in New Jersey and California are working with the Teamsters to organize—and they’re winning.
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Warehouse Workers Moving Walmart Baggage Will Strike Today
Workers allege serious safety issues, and retaliation for exposing them.
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Who Should Fund Alt-Labor?
With unions in crisis, alternative labor groups have seen explosive growth. Without automatic dues deduction, how should they pay the bills?
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Non-Union Federally Contracted Workers Will Stage Second Strike Today
Today's strike is designed to pressure the president to use his executive authority to raise labor standards for federal contracting.
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Newark Union Head Barely Wins Re-Election After Zuckerberg-Donation-Funded Reform Plan
Following a Facebook fortune-funded teacher bonus plan, Newark teachers elected an incumbent president who supports a recent “...
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