Roberta Wood
LATEST ARTICLES BY Roberta Wood
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Opinion
Oprah for president? How dare she!
January 11, 2018We are in an era when black leadership is coming to the fore of the people’s movement.
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U.S.
Cookie crumbles for laid off vets
November 14, 2017“It’s shameful and unpatriotic that veterans come home and have their job ripped from them by a greedy corporation.”
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Labor
Veterans to lose big time if Trump tax plan passes
November 10, 2017"The nation's veterans are the one percent who sacrifice for their country."
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Opinion
People’s World story exposing VA privatization wins prestigious award
October 24, 2017"We need to tell this story right because the American working class values of fairness, generosity, and collective responsibility are being high-jacked by profit-seeking corporate forces."
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Labor
Chicagoland IAM auto mechanics rev up solidarity engines
August 2, 2017Leaving their toolboxes inside, striking auto mechanics turned to other tools to rev the engines of solidarity outside scores of car dealerships lining Aurora and Ogden Avenues in this Chicago suburb August 1.
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Labor
Union organizing takes off on college campuses across nation
June 2, 2017Campuses of colleges, both private and public, have been a hot spot of union organizing and solidarity in recent years.
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U.S.
Refugee babies kept behind bars in Texas
April 10, 2017There’s money to be made by keeping them locked up. It didn’t start with Trump, but his administration is continuing and beefing up the practice.
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Labor
Chicago’s women bus drivers protest filthy, unsafe port-a-potties
March 8, 2017“They’re nasty and dangerous,” said Amalgamated Transit Union member Betty Evans.
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