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The Chicago Teachers Union Wants to End Student Homelessness at the Bargaining Table The Chicago Teachers Union Wants to End Student Homelessness at the Bargaining Table
In its next contract, the CTU is demanding housing for up to 15,000 unhoused students.
Mar 25, 2024 / Sarah Lazare
![Marcie Pedraza pickets near an entrance to Ford's Chicago Assembly plant during UAW's stand-up strike on September 29, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/UAW-strike-marcie.jpg)
The Auto Workers Who Stand With Gaza The Auto Workers Who Stand With Gaza
More than half of organized labor in the US is part of a union that has called for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. One worker explains why.
Feb 28, 2024 / Sarah Lazare
![President Joe Biden speaks during a National Education Association event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/biden-nea-getty.jpg)
These Teachers Want the Largest Union in the Country to Rescind its Biden Endorsement Over Gaza These Teachers Want the Largest Union in the Country to Rescind its Biden Endorsement Over Gaza
A rank-and-file campaign inside the National Education Association is demanding the president stop “sending military funding, equipment, and intelligence to Israel.”
Jan 22, 2024 / Sarah Lazare
![This Union Is Famous for Opposing South African Apartheid. Now It’s Standing With Gaza.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Valid-Contract-Racism-ILWU.jpg)
This Union Is Famous for Opposing South African Apartheid. Now It’s Standing With Gaza. This Union Is Famous for Opposing South African Apartheid. Now It’s Standing With Gaza.
In 1984, ILWU Local 10 refused to unload goods shipped from South Africa. Today, it’s demanding a cease-fire.
Nov 21, 2023 / Sarah Lazare
![Why These Teachers Unions Are Demanding a Cease-Fire](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/midtown-manhattan-palestine-protest-ap.jpg)
Why These Teachers Unions Are Demanding a Cease-Fire Why These Teachers Unions Are Demanding a Cease-Fire
A flurry of state and local teachers unions have passed cease-fire resolutions, but few national unions have followed.
Nov 16, 2023 / Highlights / Sarah Lazare
![Palestinians in the rubble of their homes after continued bombing that has killed over 1,000 children](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/rubble-gaza-getty.jpg)
It’s Time for Dems to Stop Hand-Wringing and Demand That Israel End Its Bombing It’s Time for Dems to Stop Hand-Wringing and Demand That Israel End Its Bombing
Palestinians don’t need crocodile tears and lawyer-speak. They need a cease-fire.
Oct 16, 2023 / Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson
![Line workers work on the chassis of full-size General Motors pickup trucks at the Flint Assembly plant on June 12, 2019 in Flint, Michigan.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gm-production-getty.jpg)
“Your Body Suffers”: The Unremarkable Pain of an Auto-Assembly-Line Worker “Your Body Suffers”: The Unremarkable Pain of an Auto-Assembly-Line Worker
Vehicle-manufacturing jobs grind down workers’ bodies. Is it time for a 32-hour week?
Oct 2, 2023 / Sarah Lazare
![a patient suffering from kidney failure receives dialysis treatment in Yemen](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dialysis-gty.jpg)
Biden Says There’s No Blockade. Tell That to Yemenis Who Need Medical Care. Biden Says There’s No Blockade. Tell That to Yemenis Who Need Medical Care.
There are just three flights leaving Sana’a every week. But Yemen has an estimated 71,000 cancer patients who need out-of-country care.
Jul 27, 2023 / Shuaib Almosawa and Sarah Lazare
![Tanner Fischer speaks in front of UPS workers in Iowa.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Local-90-Tanner-Fischer-148KB.jpg)
Inside a Teamster Rebellion: This Is What Union Democracy Looks Like Inside a Teamster Rebellion: This Is What Union Democracy Looks Like
In Des Moines, Iowa, the militant Local 90 is preparing for what could be the largest strike against a single company in US history.
May 15, 2023 / Sarah Lazare
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Preparing for War in the South China Sea Preparing for War in the South China Sea
Ahead of massive war games involving US and Filipino troops, the Defense Department announced that it will gain access to four new military sites in the Philippines.
Apr 7, 2023 / Sarah Lazare