Why Teachers Unions Make Such Useful Scapegoats
Photo credit: Huck/ Konopacki Labor Cartoons In the last several election cycles, it has become de rigueur for right-wing candidates
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Invisible Lives, Targeted Bodies: The Impacts of Economic Injustice on LGBTQ Communities
A 2-day conference on the impacts of economic injustice on vulnerable LGBTQ communities.
Speakers include:
Amber Hollibaugh, Kenyon Farrow, Rebecca Lurie, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Reina Gossett.
Perspectives on César Chávez and the Farm Workers Movement
Trampling Out the Vintage: César Chávez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers By Frank Bardacke Verso, 2011
Read MoreThe Battle Over the Board and the Future of Employee Voice in the U.S.
After years of laboring in relative obscurity, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recently become the target of frenzied
Read MoreTurning Point Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America
By Joseph A. McCartin Oxford University Press, 2011 Reviewed by Wade Rathke When we started an independent union with the
Read MoreWatching Walmart in China
Edited by Anita Chan ILR Press, 2011 Reviewed by Scott N. Paul Americans have well-developed views about Walmart, which has changed the
Read MoreOccupying Higher Education: The Revival of the Student Movement
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) began as an encampment in New York City’s Zuccotti Park on September 17, 2011. It has since evolved, with
Read MoreClass Unconsciousness: Stop Using “Middle Class” to Depict the Labor Movement
George Orwell thought the precise and purposeful deployment of our language was the key to the kind of politics we hoped to
Read MoreLabor and Occupy Wall Street: An Appraisal of the First Six Months
The Occupy movement is a labor movement, in the broadest sense. Inequality and the relationship of wealth to power are among its key
Read MoreMobilizing the Unorganized: Is “Working America” the Way Forward?
Given the dramatic decline of union membership, the U.S. labor movement needs to reach out to a broader base of
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