Labor
Teachers in NEA to push Voting Rights Act despite Republican filibuster threat
October 28, 2021“We will not be silent. And we should not allow Senate procedure to stop critical legislation like this from passing,” says NEA President Becky Pringle.
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Amazon workers go for bottom-up organizing in Staten Island drive
October 27, 2021There are no “union bosses” and few outside issues or personalities Amazon can attack.
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Amazon workers on Staten Island are ready to go union
October 26, 2021Amazon Labor Union announces it's collected over 2,000 union cards at the company’s Staten Island fulfillment center.
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Lessons from the time 250,000 workers shut down Canada’s largest city
October 25, 2021October 25, 1996. As I made my way through Toronto’s east end, it was hard to not get excited by the streets whose eerie silence was notable. There were no buses, no delivery vans, no garbage...
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Worker power sweeps the country during #Striketober
October 25, 2021Over 100,000 workers have voted to authorize strikes, while millions more are simply quitting—fueling what’s being called “the silent general strike.”
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