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March 12, 2010
Labor War in the Mojave
The multinational mining giant Rio Tinto has uprooted unions, slashed wages and abused employees all over the world. Now workers at its California facility are fighting a lockout.
Mike Davis
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September 30, 2009
AFL-CIO: Young Workers Unite!
The AFL-CIO’s recent rally on Wall Street was about more than economic inequality, it was part of an ongoing campaign to attract new young members.
The Nation
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May 27, 2009
Social Unionism Lives
Garment workers at a suburban Chicago factory fight to save their jobs and prove that social unionism is still relevant.
Joshua Freeman
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May 13, 2009
Who’s Afraid of Industrial Policy?
We shouldn’t pass up a chance to enlist the auto industry in a green transition.
Max Fraser
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May 13, 2009
Time for Another Reuther Plan
Autoworkers should meet this crisis as they have in the past: boldly and visibly.
Nelson Lichtenstein
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January 8, 2009
Can Labor Revive the American Dream?
The business lobby declares war on the Employee Free Choice Act.
Esther Kaplan
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December 15, 2008
Learning About Labor
This essay, a finalist in The Nation‘s Student Writing Contest, argues that the new president should restore workers’ rights ASAP.
Hugh Baran
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December 10, 2008
Chicago Striker Speaks Out
A labor organizer from Chicago sheds light on the ongoing protest for wages owed to Republic Windows and Doors workers.
GRITtv
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September 2, 2008
Blue-Collar Republicans
The Republican Party has set itself firmly against the agenda of the labor movement. So to observe Labor Day in St. Paul was a strange experience indeed.
Chris Hayes