Labor
JwJ Co-Director Smiley named first ‘Will Empower’ recipient for woman labor leaders
October 5, 2018Smiley will use the fellowship “to concentrate on completing a book on a 21st-century framework for organizing and collective bargaining.”
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Legal Services Staff Association protests Kavanaugh: “The abuser’s got to go”
October 5, 2018New York legal aid workers say no to Kavanaugh.
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Marriott hotel workers walk off the job across the nation
October 4, 2018This may quickly become the largest multi-city hotel worker strike ever.
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Workers say holdout Hyatt has the power to end their strike
October 3, 2018With summer fading and tourism season sizzling down, workers are hoping the remaining hotels will come to a collective agreement soon so that they can all return to work.
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‘New NAFTA’ draws skepticism from union leaders, allies
October 2, 2018“The point of NAFTA and other so-called ‘free’ so-called ‘trade’ so-called ‘agreements’ is to disempower these workers in their own countries."
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