Art Perlo

LATEST ARTICLES BY Art Perlo

• Labor

  

  Stop & Shop strikers get boost from AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka

  April 18, 2019 By Art Perlo

  At Stop & Shop locations across New England, parking lots are empty and stores are like ghost towns. The workers are winning.

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• Politics

  

  A quiet Wall Street coup d’état pulled off in Connecticut

  January 29, 2018 By Art Perlo

  The most immediate priority is to urge the repeal of the bond lock, before it goes into effect in May.

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• U.S.

  

  Summer jobs are one way to stem youth violence

  August 16, 2017 By Art Perlo

  “14-year-old boy killed by gunfire.” “Youth employment program hit by state funding cuts.” These headlines are not separate stories.

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• Opinion

  

  To fix state budgets, tax the rich!

  July 14, 2017 By Art Perlo

  Connecticut’s budget shortfall is projected at about $2 billion per year. Yet, the wealthiest residents face a lower effective tax rate than the rest of us.

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• Labor

  

  Resistance at Yale inspires unity for worker rights

  May 19, 2017 By Joelle Fishman And Art Perlo

  The fast by Yale graduate teachers in Unite Here Local 33 will enter its 27th day.

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• Labor

  

  Hunger strikers expose Yale-Trump axis

  May 9, 2017 By Art Perlo And Joelle Fishman

  The graduate workers’ courageous stand for democratic rights and union rights is inspiring widespread support as part of the national resistance against Trump's anti-worker policies.

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• Mundo Popular

  

  Resistiendo a las deportaciones: La nueva ley del esclavo fugitivo de Trump

  March 8, 2017 By Art Perlo

  No, la situación no es idéntica a la de 1850. Pero los paralelos son notables.

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• Opinion

  

  Resisting the deportations: Trump’s modern-day Fugitive Slave Act

  February 23, 2017 By Art Perlo

  In 1850, the federal government ordered states to deport “illegals.” Back then it was fugitive slaves; today it is undocumented immigrants.

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