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fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Dollar Store Workers' Fight Shows How to Build Power Even Without a Union

'I said, 'No offense, but I only get paid one time, and that is to be a stocker,' said Williams, who today makes $11.50 an hour filling shelves with diapers, ramen and discount shampoo at a New Orleans store. Some months, he said, he can't make rent. 'So, sorry, I'm not about to put my life on the line,' he told his colleague.
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Left-wing politics
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

'Moment of crisis': Unions in somber mood this Labor Day

California labor unions are mobilizing to protect members from immigration raids, Medicaid cuts, and federal attacks while organizing, educating, and staging nonviolent protests.
US politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Countering Authoritarian Takeover With the Labor Movement

Worker organizing significantly increases the chances for a multiracial democracy and rebalancing governmental power.
Chicago
fromThe Nation
3 months ago

In Chicago, a Coalition of Unions, Community Organizers, and Riders Have Forced Uber to Come to the Table

An agreement between a coalition of rideshare drivers and Uber allows Illinois drivers to unionize and potentially negotiate better pay and conditions.
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