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LaborOctober 10, 2018
Yankees Players Cross the Picket Line in Boston
Pro baseball players have made millions for themselves by unionizing and standing together. They should support striking hotel workers in their fight for better pay.
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
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SportsJuly 22, 2008
Hall of Fame Shut-Out
A conspiracy of management cronies is blocking 91-year-old union pioneer Marvin Miller from the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
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CorporationsOctober 2, 2006
Reform Comes to the Boardroom
Corporate America needs the discipline of democracy to help rid it of some very bad habits. And shareholder activists are pushing the SEC to shore up their rights.
Kelly Candaele
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Labor OrganizingDecember 6, 2004
A Moral Minimum Wage
The Democrats should start framing economic justice as a moral issue.
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
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LaborOctober 7, 2004
Union Makes Its Bed
On September 29 in San Francisco, 4,000 hotel employees--all members of the newly merged union UNITE HERE--walked out on strike or were locked out of their workplaces after their contracts expire
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
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ActivismJune 10, 2004
Where Are the Jocks for Justice?
Cultural changes and lucrative endorsements may explain a drop in activism.
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
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Labor OrganizingOctober 23, 2003
A Watershed Strike
The retail food workers strike in California may be the first in a series of battles that could shape the future of labor-management relations throughout the US.
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
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PoliticsDecember 23, 2002
The Rich Have Reason to Rejoice
In Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge was forced to view his own death in order to gain some self-awareness of his life as the epitome of cruelty and selfishness.
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
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CitiesMarch 28, 2002
Housing: An LA Story
Two years after a tragic accident, activists are celebrating a major victory.
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
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CitiesAugust 10, 2000
LA's Progressive Mosaic: Beginning to Find Its Voice
When members of the LA janitors' union decided to go on strike this past April, their success was far from guaranteed.
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele