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Coal IndustryJuly 7, 2022
Black Lung Is Still Killing America’s Coal Miners
The Department of Labor unveiled a bold initiative to combat the crisis by curbing exposure to silica.
Kim Kelly
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Labor OrganizingFebruary 16, 2022
Starbucks Baristas in Philly Are Brewing Up a Union
Workers at four locations have joined the organizing wave, and the beverage behemoth is about to learn what happens when you mess with Philly.
Kim Kelly
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LaborFebruary 8, 2022
Journalist Mary Heaton Vorse Spent Decades on the Front Lines of Labor
The Progressive Era labor journalist, feminist, and war correspondent devoted her long and uncompromising career to giving poor and working people a voice.
Kim Kelly
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LaborFebruary 4, 2022
Maida Springer Kemp Championed Workers’ Rights on a Global Scale
The Panamanian garment worker turned labor organizer, Pan-Africanist, and anti-colonial activist advocated for US and African workers amid a Cold War freeze.
Kim Kelly
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Labor OrganizingFebruary 1, 2022
The Militant Passion of Emma Tenayuca
Eighty-four years ago this week, this Mexican American labor organizer led one of the largest strikes in Texas history—and was arrested and blacklisted for her trouble.
Kim Kelly
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LaborJanuary 28, 2022
Ah Quon McElrath and the Power of Multiracial Working-Class Solidarity
The Chinese Hawai’ian labor activist and social worker would ask, “Look, you are exploited, what are you going to do about it?”
Kim Kelly
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Labor OrganizingJanuary 25, 2022
A Bold Flavor of Tennessee Whiskey: Union-Made
The United Distillery Workers of Tennessee are organizing in the heart of Nashville.
Kim Kelly
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LaborJanuary 21, 2022
Concrete Actions Toward Worker Power
Three hundred Teamsters in the Seattle area are bringing the local construction industry to a standstill.
Kim Kelly
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Labor OrganizingJanuary 18, 2022
The Radical Vision of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes
Murdered by gangsters on a dictator’s orders in 1981, these pathbreaking Filipino labor organizers fought for union democracy.
Kim Kelly
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LaborJanuary 14, 2022
Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits
A survey of 10,000 grocery-store employees lays out the job’s human cost.
Kim Kelly