Sarah Jaffe
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LaborMay 6, 2021
Nurses Are Striking Across the Country Over Patient Safety
The pandemic—and widespread frustration over unsafe working conditions—has triggered a wave of strikes in hospitals from Massachusetts to Hawaii.
Sarah Jaffe and C.M. Lewis
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Health CareFebruary 8, 2021
First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care
Throughout the pandemic, nurses have been at the forefront of the fight not only to treat the sick but also to fix our ailing medical system.
Sarah Jaffe
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Public SchoolsJune 16, 2020
How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19
The city’s leaders bungled the closing of the schools when the coronavirus struck. Can they be trusted to reopen them safely?
Sarah Jaffe
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Working ConditionsMarch 26, 2020
‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis
Zenei Cortez, a nurse and union leader, says not giving medical workers protective gear is like giving a firefighter a squirt gun.
Sarah Jaffe
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LaborMarch 18, 2020
Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity
The president of the Association of Flight Attendants tells Sarah Jaffe that the pandemic reveals what unions already know: “An injury to one is an injury to all.”
Sarah Jaffe
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Public SchoolsNovember 16, 2019
The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing
Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize—and win.
Sarah Jaffe
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Labor OrganizingMay 10, 2019
Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back
For the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, radical politics starts in the workplace.
Sarah Jaffe
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Public SchoolsFebruary 7, 2019
What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike
As teachers in Denver and Oakland head toward their own strikes, it’s worth doubling down on the lessons from LA.
Sarah Jaffe
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Labor OrganizingJanuary 23, 2019
‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’
How LA’s teachers joined forces with the community and won a landmark labor contract.
Sarah Jaffe
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Public SchoolsJanuary 19, 2019
The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike
In 2014, a progressive Union Power caucus took over UTLA—and that has made all the difference.
Sarah Jaffe