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Ten years ago, Chicago educators lit the fuse of what eventually became a national teachers’ revolt. Faced with Democratic Mayor

On the Contrary

Sectoral Bargaining Reforms: Proceed with Caution

January 2022January 2022 Veena Dubal gig work, living wage, racism, sectoral bargaining, trade unions, unorganized workers

After decades of decline, strike activity grew dramatically in 2018 and 2019.[1] Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed

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Decolonizing the Cultural Workplace: A New Organizing Front

December 2021January 2022 Andrew Ross capitalism, decolonization, education, museums, racism

See below this article for an accompanying article, Modern Art/Ancient Wages, by Kitty Krupat. Decolonizing is hard work. Nor is

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Race U.S. Politics & Society

The Black-Labor-Left Alliance in the Neoliberal Age

June 2021 Adolph Reed community organizations, equality, Labor, living wage, neoliberalism, politics, racism, Spring 2016

The report, A Future for Workers: A Contribution from Black Labor, brings together the perspectives and voices of significant black

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Save the News: Campaigning to Preserve Jobs and Democratize Journalism A Conversation with Jon Schleuss

April 2021April 2021 Administrator collective bargaining, journalism, organizing, racism, trade unions, union democracy

Jon Schleuss, a data reporter and union leader at the Los Angeles Times, defeated a 12-year incumbent to become president

Working-Class Voices: First Person Accounts of Life and Work

Backstage with a Makeup Artist

January 2021January 2021 Kressent Pottenger austerity, Labor, racism, social welfare, trade unions, unemployment, union democracy, women workers, working class

Editor’s Note: For this article, New Labor Forum’s “Working-Class Voices” columnist Kressent Pottenger interviewed Cynthia O’Rourke, a makeup artist and member

Gender & Sexual Identity Organized Labor & Worker Organizing

#MeToo Inside the Labor Movement

January 2019February 2019 Ana Avendaño collective bargaining, equality, gender discrimination, Labor, racism, trade unions, union democracy, women workers, working class

The #MeToo movement represents an opportunity for the labor movement to authentically connect to the experiences of women in all

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Mourning King: The Civil Rights Movement and the Fight for Economic Justice

May 2018August 2018 Reuel Schiller liberalism, politics, poverty, racism, social welfare

Did Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination mark the end of a movement merging racial and economic justice?

Reverend N. José “Pepe” Wilkinson and other members of the Invest in San Diego Families Coalition at People’s Budget press conference in January 2017, calling on county supervisors to dramatically increase funding for services.

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Going on Offense During Challenging Times

January 2018May 2018 Marilyn Sneiderman and Secky Fascione austerity, collective bargaining, community organizations, corporations, debt, education, finance, Labor, racism, trade unions, Winter 2018

How collective bargaining becomes a revolutionary act.

Striking mine workers in Marikana high street

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The Marikana Massacre: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in South Africa

January 2018June 2019 Rajendra Chetty capitalism, Labor, neoliberalism, racism, Spring 2016, working class

The Lonmin-owned platinum mine, 62 miles northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa had been at the center of a violent pay

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