Labor
Social movement unionism is coming alive
March 30, 2011It wasn't long ago that a criticism directed at trade unions was they were only in it to service their members in exchange for dues. The happenings in Wisconsin blew all that to shreds.
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No means no! Wisconsin judge blocks Walker bill – again
March 30, 2011A judge here ruled March 29 that a restraining order is still in force for a law that kills collective bargaining rights for public workers.
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“Potiche”: entertaining film features stars, strikes, class struggle
March 30, 2011The delightful Potiche tackles the class war in an extremely entertaining, thought-provoking, funny way.
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British workers stage massive protest against cuts
March 28, 2011On the streets of London on Saturday three-quarters of a million people staged the biggest protest yet in the fightback against the Tory-led coalition's brutal cuts program.
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Maine’s governor assaults the dignity of working people
March 25, 2011Having been raised in Maine, son of a lineman and a mother and stepmother who were state workers, I am infuriated that the Republican governor there has ordered the removal of mural that depicts the role...
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