Labor
100 years after Seattle 1919: Is the general strike making a comeback?
February 7, 2019The General Strike, a worker weapon that struck fear into corporate chieftains and their political cronies a century ago is getting a fresh look.
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CPUSA labor group praises workers for shutting down the shutdown
February 6, 2019Communist Party Chair John Bachtell says the mass movement that defeated GOP President Donald Trump’s lockout/shutdown of parts of the federal government – ending the saga of leaving 800,000 workers unpaid for 35 days – was...
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“Part of their soul was missing”: Scottish steelworkers lost more than jobs
February 5, 2019Statistics never capture the emotional narratives of deindustrialization.
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The deported ghosts of Bisbee still haunt Arizona today
January 29, 2019Labor history is not a soap opera, and Arizona’s recent history of deportation shows the ghosts of Bisbee were never exorcized.
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ILO to ruling class in Davos: Meet the needs of workers
January 25, 2019The organization demands universal world-wide guarantees on worker rights, wages and safety.
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