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U.S. Supreme Court weighs key challenge to California’s largest teachers union
In a case with sweeping implications for public employee unions, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will hear a case challenging the right of California's largest teachers union's to collect fees from non-member teachers. By Howard Mintz.
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This Supreme Court Case Could Make All Public Unions ‘Right to Work’
The legal foundations of thousands of public-sector bargaining agreements could soon disappear.
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UK doctors strike for first time in decades
Arbitration talks are expected to resume later this week.
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With public sector unions on the rocks, middle class may take another hit
The decline of union coverage is responsible for about 35 percent of the drop in the share of the workforce that falls within the middle class, the researchers found.
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How Chicago’s ‘Fraternal Order of Propaganda’ shapes the story of fatal police shootings
When cops kill civilians, their union is on hand to defend them. In many cases this has come at the expense of the truth. By Yana Kunichoff. (Feb. 3)
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Supreme Court's Tie Vote Upholds Public Employee Fees for Unions
The Supreme Court announced a tie vote today in what labor law experts had called a "life-or-death" case for public employee unions.
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Outrage after big labor crafts law paying their members less than non-union workers
When Los Angeles City Council members voted two years ago to give hotel workers a raise, Bill Martinez was the type of worker they said they wanted to help. Martinez, a 53-year-old bellhop… By Peter Jamison. (Apr. 9)
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This List of Ways People Are Dying at Work [in the U.S.] Will Make Your Stomach Churn
Be thankful you have a job. Be thankful you’re alive. By Luke O’Neil. (May 9, 2016)
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‘No pressure on me’ says Corbyn, as Labour rifts undermine miners’ bash
Smiles and waves at annual Durham event as leader goes off script but division and suspicion among unions and party undermine message of solidarity. By Helen Pidd.
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Donald Trump’s Army on the Border
There’s one corner of the federal government excited about a Trump presidency: The union for its deadliest law enforcement agency. By Garrett M. Graff. (July 18, 2016)
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Uber hired CIA-linked research firm to investigate Seattle union politics
For months, Uber has been fending off fraud allegations related to an investigation into one of its legal opponents, which the company commissioned from a secretive CIA-linked research firm called Ergo. By Russell Brandom and Andrew Hawkins.
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What Does the Democratic Party Stand for Now? Good Question.
What program, what vision of America, can possibly contain all of this? By Emmett Rensin. (July 29, 2016)
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Why Growth Will Fall
William D. Nordhaus reviews "The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The US Standard of Living Since the Civil War" by Robert J. Gordon.
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West Virginia’s mine wars, 1920-1921
A short historical account and background of the often violent conflict between workers and employers in West Virginia's mines in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, compiled by the West Virginia State Archives.
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Fool Me Once
Many white workers aren't voting for Democrats this November. And not for the reasons you think. By Connor Kilpatrick.
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It’s time for Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters to take on the trade union leadership
The union support for expanding Heathrow reflects a certain conservatism. By Michael Chessum.
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They Don’t Care About Us
The Podesta emails show that Democratic power brokers won't reward labor's unwavering loyalty or record contributions. By Micah Uetricht.
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Labor movement braces for three-front battle with Trump, Congress and courts
With Capitol Hill controlled by Republicans and the president-elect likely to nominate a conservative supreme court justice, unions ‘hunker down.’ By Steven Greenhouse.
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Bernie Sanders congratulates union leader attacked by Trump
Bernie Sanders congratulates union leader Chuck Jones, who was attacked by Trump on Twitter over Carrier jobs. By Julia Boccagno. [Autoplay video]
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Diane Abbott defends series of strikes planned in run-up to Christmas
The shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, has defended union bosses planning a wave of strikes on the railways, in airports and at the Post Office in the run-up to Christmas. “Of course these strikes are going to be very disastrous if they all go ahead for the public over Christmas, but people do have a legal right to strike,” Abbott told the Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan. She added: “It’s not my role to second-guess the decisions of trade union leadership.”
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