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Znet Article Brecher: Why Labor Should Back Gina McCarthy for EPA Administrator

Znet Article, May, 14 2013 Jeremy Brecher
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American workers need jobs. They also need protection from chemicals and pollutants that threaten their lives, health, environment, climate, and future

Znet Article Street: Deadly Manufacturing Mirage, Green-Red Alternative

Znet Article, May, 14 2013 Paul Street
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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 Baroud: The Pain of Bangladesh: T-shirts Made with Blood and Tears

Znet Article, May, 11 2013 Ramzy Baroud
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The most painful part of this tragedy is that it was completely preventable

Znet Article Eidelson: Inspired by Freedom Riders, Workers Plan Caravans to Walmart Convention

Znet Article, May, 07 2013 Josh Eidelson
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Members of the labor group OUR Walmart will send civil rights movement–style caravans of workers from around the country

Znet Article Winslow: Nail Biting Time at Kaiser

Znet Article, April, 24 2013 Cal Winslow
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What’s at stake here at Kaiser are foundational issues with ramifications for all of labor and for all us

Znet Article Podur: The Bastar Land Grab: An Interview with Sudha Bharadwaj

Znet Article, April, 22 2013 Justin Podur
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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)

Znet Article Early: The Big Do-Over at Kaiser

Znet Article, April, 13 2013 Steve Early
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Which way will 45,000 California healthcare workers swing? The answer has major implications for labor

Znet Article Eidelson: Fast Food Workers Plan Surprise Strike

Znet Article, April, 04 2013 Josh Eidelson
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Workers in some 50 restaurants expected to walk off job, potentially shutting down several eateries today

Znet Article Oikonomakis: Halkidiki: Where Neither Numbers Nor People Thrive

Znet Article, March, 18 2013 Leonidas Oikonomakis
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An economistic, centally-planned, income-based developmental approach that doesn’t take into account the local needs and communities, at times leads to a situation in which “the numbers thrive but the people suffer

Znet Article Moberg: Labor’s Turnaround

Znet Article, March, 10 2013 David Moberg
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Without the people, resources and experience with collective action that union members provide, any new democracy movement will be much weaker

Znet Article Cooke: Democrats and Labor: A Tale of Abuse

Znet Article, March, 09 2013 Shamus Cooke
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The Democratic Party’s participation in the recent national “sequester” cuts is yet another big dent in their love affair with organized labor

Znet Article Early: Why Labor Should Be Wary About “Wellness”

Znet Article, February, 28 2013 Steve Early
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American workers who don’t want their boss playing “wellness cop” need both short-term legal protection and a longer-term political solution

Znet Article Steel: Enough Arsing About, Let’s Sort Out The World

Znet Article, February, 21 2013 Mark Steel
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Right, that’s enough, now what are we going to do about it?

Znet Article Ortiz: Charging Through the Archway of History: Immigrants and African-Americans Unite to Transform the Face of Labor and the Power of Community

Znet Article, February, 21 2013 Paul Ortiz
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A budding coalition of immigrants and African-Americans is potentially the largest progressive force in America

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Crushing Russia's Labor Leaders

Znet Article, February, 19 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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The fortitude Urusov has shown in prison and his refusal to plea bargain has made him a hero of the Russian labor movement

Znet Article Winslow: Kaiser Election

Znet Article, February, 16 2013 Cal Winslow
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In April, 43,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in California will vote, again, to decide which union will represent them

Znet Article Panitch: The New American Paradox: Capital V Labour

Znet Article, February, 02 2013 Leo Panitch
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After decades of government support for capital, corporations and banks are sitting on their cash while workers suffer

Znet Article Eidelson: Alt-Labor

Znet Article, February, 01 2013 Josh Eidelson
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Nonunion workers’ groups are gathering strength across the country. But will they ever make the kind of impact that traditional labor once did?

Znet Article Early: Going Global at T-Mobile: German Union Members Seek Better Treatment for U.S. Wireless Workers

Znet Article, January, 17 2013 Steve Early
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It takes years of bottom-up organizing to make a difference

Znet Article Gordon: Juicing Up the Labor Movement? - Try Speaking to "Women's Issues"

Znet Article, December, 30 2012 Linda Gordon
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Anti-abortion laws amount to class legislation, even if not all their proponents realize that

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