VIDEO: Avi Lewis talks The Leap Manifesto
From a conversation on May 26, 2016, during a strategy meeting of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy
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The Leap Manifesto, and where the NDP will land
Journalist Jason Markusoff of Maclean’s reports on how the Leap Manifesto threatens to divide the federal and local branches of
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The Annual Summer Inequality Jump Is Nigh
Can we blame summer for inequality? Not quite. But summer is when young people are particularly desperate for jobs, recent
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When low wages lead to jail and death
Author Andy Fontaine, a fellow fast food worker and Fight for $15 member wrote an OpEd piece for USA Today
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The Presidential Candidates on #FightforFifteen
In recognizing the success of the Fight for $15 movement, we’ve collected statements from each candidate reflecting their position on
Read MoreVIDEO: Kendall Fells at the JSMI Black Lives Matter / Fight for $15 Forum
Kendall Fells, the Organizing Director of Fast Food Forward- SEIU/Fight4$15, speaks at the BLACK LIVES MATTER/FIGHT FOR $15: A NEW
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Comparing New York and California’s Wage Increases
What are the differences between New York and California’s recent legislative moves that increase the minimum wage in those states?
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The Fight for $15 Goes Viral
Only three years after its launch by SEIU, the Fight for $15 exploded in 2015. By August there were protests
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Trump’s Odd Allies: Union Members
So no surprise then that union members voting in the Republican primaries vote for Trump at significantly higher rates than other GOP voters. This, after roughly two decades of energetic, expensive and, until now, fairly successful efforts on behalf of the AFL-CIO to educate union voters and their families. This makes perfect sense; after years of making it clear that corporate friendly free trade deals were harming workers, why wouldn’t Republican union members square the circle by going for Trump?
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A Future for Workers: A Contribution from Black Labor
Link to original article (PDF): http://www.cbtu.org/pdf/a_future_for_workers.pdf Executive Summary A Future for Workers: A Contribution from Black Labor is a paper
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