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What Would It Take for Rail Workers to Win?

Jonah Furman / Labor Notes Dec 5, 2022 Railroads are not being operated to move freight, they are being operated as a bank to extract wealth. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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HarperCollins Strike Dispatch

Rye White / N+1 Dec 5, 2022 Publishing has long been an industry guilty of exploiting the nebulous quality that bosses like to call “passion.” Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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Blood on the Tracks

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Nov 28, 2022 The prospect of congressional intervention ahead of a potential strike on December 9 has angered rail workers who say it would let giant companies off the hook. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Inside the UC Academic Workers’ Strike

Sonali Kohlatkar / IMI Nov 23, 2022 In addition to sending a message to the university that workers demand better than what is being offered, the strike is also alerting the entire university community to the long-standing plight of graduate students and postdoctoral workers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Teachers Demonstrate How to Save America’s Public Services

By Sarah Lahm / Independent Media Institute Feb 28, 2020 Educators in St. Paul, Minnesota, may walk off the job in March in an effort to shift the politics over what the public funds. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

GM and Union Reach Tentative Deal That Could End Strike

TOM KRISHER / The Associated Press Oct 16, 2019 The offer includes "major gains" for workers who have been picketing at U.S. factories for a month, United Auto Workers officials say. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

All Hail the Ride-Share Strike

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig May 8, 2019 Company executives make huge profits at the expense of drivers and customers. Now unions are striking on the eve of Uber's IPO. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ride-Hailing Drivers Strike, as Execs Stand to Make Millions in IPOs

Ilana Novick May 7, 2019 As a Lyft driver puts it, “We make pennies, while the app companies make billions off the backs of drivers who suffer.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Our Ever-Deadlier Police State

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 22, 2019 Better training and reforms are not the solution: The problem is that the system is designed to protect the rich at the expense of the poor. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

As Uber Gets Ready to Turn Public, L.A. Drivers Prepare a Strike

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Mar 24, 2019 After per-mile pay is slashed by 25 percent, a group seeks a livable wage, a cap on the company's commissions and a voice going forward. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Oakland Teachers Strike Ends With Tentative Deal for Raise

JOCELYN GECKER / The Associated Press Mar 1, 2019 Union leaders say the new contract includes everything the teachers had demanded—higher pay, smaller classes and more school resources. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

DeVos Proposes Tax Credit to Promote School Privatization

COLLIN BINKLEY / The Associated Press Feb 28, 2019 The education secretary describes the plan in terms that highlight "freedom" and school choice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )