Labor Organizing

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These Visa Recipients Are Stuck in the US And Demanding Their Rights These Visa Recipients Are Stuck in the US And Demanding Their Rights

J-1 recipients say the visa program is as an unregulated pipeline for temporary migrant labor that props up the US hospitality industry.

Dec 1, 2020 / Noah Flora

The Democratic Party Will Keep Betraying Labor. It’s Time to Launch a Workers’ Party.

The Democratic Party Will Keep Betraying Labor. It’s Time to Launch a Workers’ Party. The Democratic Party Will Keep Betraying Labor. It’s Time to Launch a Workers’ Party.

Fifty-seven percent of Americans believe the country needs a third major party.

Dec 1, 2020 / The Debate / Paul Blest

Don’t Abandon the Democratic Party—Take It Over

Don’t Abandon the Democratic Party—Take It Over Don’t Abandon the Democratic Party—Take It Over

We don’t have to choose between a fantasy third party and the Democratic Party in its current state.

Dec 1, 2020 / The Debate / Jonathan Smucker

Back to Reality

Back to Reality Back to Reality

Four years of damaging lies.

Nov 24, 2020 / OppArt / Paul Karasik

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For Some Workers, Schools Never Closed For Some Workers, Schools Never Closed

Amid the pandemic, frontline education workers are shouldering crucial responsibilities.

Nov 23, 2020 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Why the Left Should Ally With Small Business

Why the Left Should Ally With Small Business Why the Left Should Ally With Small Business

It will strengthen labor and help fight the increasing concentration of corporate power.

Nov 18, 2020 / Feature / Stacy Mitchell and Susan R. Holmberg

What Bernie Sanders Could Do as Secretary of Labor

What Bernie Sanders Could Do as Secretary of Labor What Bernie Sanders Could Do as Secretary of Labor

If Biden were to embrace the idea, Sanders and a team of visionary leaders could forge a new New Deal for working Americans.

Nov 16, 2020 / John Nichols

Joe Biden speaks outside UAW offices

Working People Dragged Joe Biden Over the Finish Line Working People Dragged Joe Biden Over the Finish Line

But winning the election is like gaining recognition for a union. Now the real work starts.

Nov 12, 2020 / Jane McAlevey for The Nation

Can American Labor Survive Prop 22?

Can American Labor Survive Prop 22? Can American Labor Survive Prop 22?

The California ballot measure could be the most radical undoing of labor legislation since Taft-Hartley.

Nov 10, 2020 / Wilfred Chan

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Letters From the November 16/23, 2020, Issue Letters From the November 16/23, 2020, Issue

L'union fait la force… A familiar playbook… The fine print… Please don’t go!

Nov 3, 2020 / Our Readers

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