Divorce--Union Style
Peter Dreier
Can the labor movement overcome UNITE HERE's messy breakup?
Unions
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2009
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Healthcare Pushback
William Greider : Health Care Policy
Taxing benefits may raise money for Obama's healthcare reform, but it would betray union members who gave up wage increases in order to get decent coverage.
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Starbucks: A History of Union Busting
Brave New Films : Labor
What do Starbucks and Wal-Mart have in common? Both have long track records of harassing their workers when it comes to joining unions.
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Unions, Disunited
David Moberg : Labor
At a time when organized labor stands a chance to make political gains, its energies are depleted by escalating conflicts within its ranks.
2008
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A Teamster Apart: Ron Carey Remembered
Steve Early & Rand Wilson : Labor
Two colleagues remember Ron Carey, the reformer and Teamsters Union president, who weathered controversy and won battles on his own terms.
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Courage in Ohio
Connie Schultz : Racism & Discrimination
In a nation hungry for heroes on election day, blue-collar Ohio delivered.
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AFL-CIO's Trumka on Racism and Obama
YouTube : Racism & Discrimination
Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO: 'All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.'
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Wooing the White Working Class
David Moberg : Presidential Election 2008
Unions are trying to combat racism and sway undecided working-class voters toward Obama.
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Wal-Mart: Political Bully
Wal-Mart is telling its employees to vote Republican. Isn't that illegal?
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A Conversation With NBA Union Man Billy Hunter
Billy Hunter has a progressive spine and a background that has taken him from working with Huey Newton to sitting across the table from the most formidable commissioner in sports, David Stern.
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Labor's Growing Pains
Esther Kaplan : Teach For America
SEIU battles the California Nurses and dissidents within its own ranks.
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Workers Memorial Day
This week marked Workers Memorial Day, when unions and advocacy organizations held memorials and protests to honor those who have died on the job.
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Does the Pope Care About Workers' Rights?
Angela Bonavoglia : Catholicism & Catholics
On his first papal visit to America, will Pope Benedict address the real problems confronting the Catholic Church?
2007
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Shanker Blows Up the World
Thomas J. Sugrue : Education Policy & Reform
The life and legacy of a fiery New York teachers' advocate gets caught in the crossfire of a changing liberal landscape.
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Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying
The American labor movement must guard the interests of those it represents--even if it makes people in power uncomfortable.
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Remembering Norma Rae
Robert Nathan & Jo-Ann Mort : Film Industry
Why does Hollywood render unions and the working class invisible?
2006
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Laboring Toward Election Day
David Moberg : Labor Organizing & Activism
Despite the split following the 2004 election, labor groups are gearing up for the November elections like never before.
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