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- Friday, Jun 14, 2013
ZNet Article Capitalism has been globalised, but the rules that protect people from capitalism have not -
- Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013
ZNet Article More unionists are taking on the job of reform, pushed by the desire to save their unions and keep employers from implementing their unfettered agenda -
- Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013
ZNet Article Activists believe that unionizing non-tenure-track faculty must take place with a broader progressive agenda in mind -
- Monday, Jun 10, 2013
ZNet Article The OUR Walmart campaign has been shaking up labor organizing -
- Saturday, Jun 08, 2013
ZNet Article The situation for Iraqi workers continues to be extremely difficult, and strikingly similar to issues working people face in the U.S. -
- Tuesday, May 28, 2013
ZNet Article I urge everyone to honor the Tuesday, May 28th 2013 strike of the Student Staff Support Services Union. These Evergreen workers have bargained for more than 16 months for a just contract, where they would be treated with respect ZNet Article Workers in Venezuela’s nationalised Venetur hotel chain are demanding respect for their labour rights and pushing for a say in management decisions ZNet Article Nissan's cash handouts say nothing about the fundamental question of workers' rights, itself a civil rights issue -
- Friday, May 24, 2013
ZNet Article What’s happening in St Louis doesn’t look like a coal-field war but the same things are at stake: reciprocity, respect, fair play ZNet Article Climate change impacts will affect unions and workers in every sector of the economy -
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Commentary Will San Francisco ever again be anything but a playground for the overgrown millionaire children of the tech sector? -
- Friday, May 17, 2013
ZNet Article Just the threat of permanent replacement can destroy solidarity among striking workers -
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
ZNet Article Will the U.S. join the rest of the world and guarantee workers paid sick leave? -
- Tuesday, May 14, 2013
ZNet Article American workers need jobs. They also need protection from chemicals and pollutants that threaten their lives, health, environment, climate, and future ZNet Article It was always implicit that some manufacturing might return to the U.S. if and when American unions were smashed and wages cut ZNet Article The explosion in Texas was far less newsworthy because it was a workplace accident and workplace accidents happen all the time -
- Monday, May 13, 2013
ZNet Article Becoming a worker-owned cooperative is the latest chapter in the saga of the workers of Republic Windows and Doors -
- Sunday, May 12, 2013
ZNet Article “We work too hard to be paid minimum wage” -
- Saturday, May 11, 2013
ZNet Article The most painful part of this tragedy is that it was completely preventable Commentary The workers who used to build windows at Republic Windows and Doors have bought the equipment from a cut-and-run owner -
- Thursday, May 09, 2013
ZNet Article A 40-day strike of more than 500 dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong ended with a settlement that included a 9.8 percent wage increase -
- Wednesday, May 08, 2013
ZNet Article Essential public services are cut in order that the wealthy may pay less tax. But even their baubles don't make them happy -
- Tuesday, May 07, 2013
ZNet Article Members of the labor group OUR Walmart will send civil rights movement–style caravans of workers from around the country -
- Thursday, May 02, 2013
ZNet Article Long hours, short hours, or variable schedules don’t just make life miserable for the individual worker and her family. They also make it harder to take collective action -
- Wednesday, May 01, 2013
ZNet Article On April 28, 1971, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened its doors -
- Thursday, Apr 25, 2013
ZNet Article The truth is that corporations often show a brazen disregard for the safety of their employees—and nearby residents -
- Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013
ZNet Article What’s at stake here at Kaiser are foundational issues with ramifications for all of labor and for all us ZNet Article A report from West, Texas, on a deadly industrial "accident" -
- Monday, Apr 22, 2013
ZNet Article Interview with Sudha Bharadwaj, a lawyer and a member of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (Mazdoor Karkyakarta Committee) -
- Saturday, Apr 20, 2013
Commentary Direct action can be as simple as organizing five or 10 co-workers to march into the boss’s office to file a grievance or to demand a change in working conditions - All Newest Labor

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- Tuesday, May 28, 2013
ZNet Article I urge everyone to honor the Tuesday, May 28th 2013 strike of the Student Staff Support Services Union. These Evergreen workers have bargained for more than 16 months for a just contract, where they would be treated with respect -
- Friday, May 24, 2013
ZNet Article What’s happening in St Louis doesn’t look like a coal-field war but the same things are at stake: reciprocity, respect, fair play ZNet Article Climate change impacts will affect unions and workers in every sector of the economy -
- Tuesday, May 14, 2013
ZNet Article American workers need jobs. They also need protection from chemicals and pollutants that threaten their lives, health, environment, climate, and future ZNet Article It was always implicit that some manufacturing might return to the U.S. if and when American unions were smashed and wages cut -
- Saturday, May 11, 2013
ZNet Article The most painful part of this tragedy is that it was completely preventable -
- Tuesday, May 07, 2013
ZNet Article Members of the labor group OUR Walmart will send civil rights movement–style caravans of workers from around the country -
- Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013
ZNet Article What’s at stake here at Kaiser are foundational issues with ramifications for all of labor and for all us -
- Monday, Apr 22, 2013
ZNet Article Interview with Sudha Bharadwaj, a lawyer and a member of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (Mazdoor Karkyakarta Committee) -
- Saturday, Apr 13, 2013
ZNet Article Which way will 45,000 California healthcare workers swing? The answer has major implications for labor - All Featured ZNet Labor

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- Saturday, Oct 01, 2011
ZMag Article A four point plant for increased labor militancy -
- Wednesday, Jun 01, 2011
ZMag Article Remembering the Appalachian activist singer -
- Sunday, May 01, 2011
ZMag Article A new book by Steve Early on a divisive dispute in California ZMag Article Right-wing assaults and demonstrations of democracy ZMag Article Questions about identities and the way "forward" -
- Friday, Apr 01, 2011
ZMag Article Myths and realities behind government revenue shortfalls ZMag Article Governor Walker v. public sector workers and basic rights ZMag Article A U.S. labor representative visits post-revolution Cairo -
- Tuesday, Mar 01, 2011
ZMag Article Management dirty tricks and lies in labor dispute -
- Tuesday, Feb 01, 2011
ZMag Article Steelworkers confront CEO at Deficit Commission over lockout - All ZMag Labor

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- Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Blog Post An explanation of the reasons for and the importance of the first strike in 12 years by public sector workers in Washington State. -
- Saturday, Dec 08, 2012
Blog Post Mayor Emanuel's latest O'Hare Airport janitorial contract seems to be coming with pinkie rings and tailored silk suits attached. Yes, City Hall is reaching out to the Outfit again, renewing a friendship with the Mob that dates back at least to May... -
- Friday, Oct 26, 2012
Blog Post Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) organizer Brandon Johnson, who is a black man, recently spoke about a conversation he had with veteran black educator Dr. Grady Jordan about racism in the schools today. Jordan told him, “Black teachers fought hard. T... -
- Thursday, Aug 30, 2012
Blog Post One of the symptoms of diabetes, which we hear so much about these days, as a consequence of the food crisis, is that people lose their limbs, which must then be cut off. First it may be just a toe, then a foot, then the lower leg, then the whole ... -
- Monday, Aug 13, 2012
Blog Post The free exchange of ideas is critical to representative government and was one of the reasons why the US Postal Service(USPS) was created. At its founding the Postal Service had a deliberate policy of subsidizing the mailing of newspapers and oth... -
- Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012
Blog Post The warehouses of Will County are only a part of a vast supply chain of exploited labor that begins in the 21st century of sweatshops of China, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and other developing countries and then goes through the USA to ... -
- Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012
Blog Post In case you haven’t heard the thunderous celebration by the North American climate movement, today the State Dept is set to outright reject the Keystone XL pipeline. - All Labor Blogs

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- Tuesday, Mar 20, 2012
Video Interview on the old tradition of working class culture and the destruction of it, and the tendency of “Left Intellectuals” to focus on “Post-Materialist issues” while ignoring problems that confront working people -
- Friday, Dec 24, 2010
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- Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010
Video While workers in the US talk about "One Nation", workers in Europe are demanding that the rich pay for crisis. -
- Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010
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- Saturday, Dec 13, 2008
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- Tuesday, Oct 23, 2007
Video Barbara Ehrenreich gives the graduating class of 2007 a realistic look at what's in store for them in the post-college world. Please visit her new organizations website which advocates for the shrinking middle class: www.unitedprofessionals.org. - All Featured Video

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