Labor
Hospitals force 15K nurses into largest private-sector nurses strike ever
September 13, 2022“Right now, 15,000 nurses are on strike to oppose the corporatization of healthcare in Minnesota at the hands of hospital executives, as clinics and hospitals are closed, nurses are short-staffed, and patients are overcharged."
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Architects design a pro-union future at one Brooklyn firm
September 12, 2022The Machinists’ success at Bernheimer makes the firm the first unionized architectural firm in the U.S. since the depths of the Great Depression.
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Labor Day rally marks Kaiser mental health clinicians’ fourth week on strike
September 9, 2022San Francisco Labor Council’s Kim Tavaglione told strikers: “All of labor in California is standing with you…to change a system riddled with greed and profit.”
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Seattle school bosses force 6,000 teachers, staff to strike
September 9, 2022Issues include enormous sized classes, and too few counselors and nurses.
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Speedy organizing drive brings minor-league baseball players into union fold
September 8, 2022It took only one week to bring 90 percent of Little League players into the labor movement.
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