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Znet Article Blair: Hostess Workers Take on Private Equity Pirates

Znet Article, December, 20 2012 Eric Blair
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A combination of tactics that pressure the company at the workplace, in the community, and in the boardroom has a chance to alter the private equity owners’ calculations of their best interest

Znet Article Baker: Michigan Republicans Deny Police Officers and Firefighters the Right to Work

Znet Article, December, 19 2012 Dean Baker
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Republicans were trying to buy off police unions and firefighters’ unions with special favors, not singling them out for punishment

Znet Article Moberg: CWA’s Cohen: Can Labor and Allies Create an ‘American Spring?’

Znet Article, December, 18 2012 David Moberg
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Interview about lessons from the past quarter century and what labor and allies must do now

Commentary Olzen: Low-Wage Workers’ Wildcat Winter Spreads To Chicago

Commentary, December, 17 2012 Jake Olzen
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The emerging labor uprisings are the birth pangs of a re-invented labor movement that is returning to its roots: fighting for the basic livelihoods of workers

Znet Article Meister: Home Care Workers Need Presidential Help

Znet Article, December, 17 2012 Dick Meister
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Extending the federal minimum wage and overtime protections to the workers would be a first important step to improving quality within the home care industry

Znet Article Walmart: Workers in 10 Countries Call for an End to the Silencing of Workers at Walmart

Znet Article, December, 16 2012 Making Change At Walmart
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US Walmart workers were joined by Walmart workers in nine countries on Friday to call for an end to Walmart’s attempts to silence workers

Znet Article Jaffe: Fast-Food Workers Ride Crest of “Simmering Strike Wave” Sweeping Nation

Znet Article, December, 15 2012 Sarah Jaffe
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“I just felt like it’s now or never; we had to take a stand for something. We might as well take a stand for this"

Znet Article Conniff: Right to Work: As Goes Michigan, So Goes The Nation

Znet Article, December, 14 2012 Ruth Conniff
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What does it mean if Michigan, cradle of the industrial labor movement in America, becomes a right-to-work state?

Znet Article Burns: Labor's Plan To Fight Back

Znet Article, December, 14 2012 Alexander Burns
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Labor unions, stung by an unexpected setback in Michigan, are eyeing a large-scale counteroffensive

Znet Article Vorpahl: Defeating "Right to Work"

Znet Article, December, 14 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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A strategy to reverse RTW in Michigan, and prevent anti-worker laws in other states must build the largest possible demonstrations, occupations, and, if need be, strikes

Znet Article Marcotte: Kristof Won’t Even Acknowledge that the Poor Can Feel Love

Znet Article, December, 12 2012 Amanda Marcotte
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Kistof seems to strongly believe that rural working poor people don’t love their children

Znet Article Robertson: Fury over Violent Dispersal of Worker Protest in Venezuela

Znet Article, December, 11 2012 Ewan Robertson
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The violent dispersal of a protest by workers and the subsequent arrest of several prominent union leaders has generated an angry response

Znet Article Goodwin: Labor Rebellion: Fast-Food Workers, Inspired By Walmart Strikers, Demand Higher Wages

Znet Article, December, 11 2012 Liz Goodwin
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"You can't raise a family on minimum wage"

Commentary Rogers: Blaming the Workers Until the Bitter End

Commentary, December, 10 2012 Jamala Rogers
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Black drivers' routes included small black convenience stores while the white drivers got the big grocery chain stores

Znet Article Dudzic: Labor Party Time? Not Yet

Znet Article, December, 09 2012 Mark Dudzic
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Until we have a party of our own, working people are doomed to fight with one hand tied behind our back

Znet Article Zullo: What “Right to Work” Would Mean for Michigan

Znet Article, December, 08 2012 Roland Zullo
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Explaining right to work, the arguments for and against, and the potential effects for Michigan

Commentary Rugh: Low-Wage Workers Rising Up In New York City

Commentary, December, 08 2012 Peter Rugh
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When news of the firing got out, fast food workers from across the city mobilized in defense

Znet Article Gould-Werth: Right to Work Looms in Michigan

Znet Article, December, 08 2012 Alix Gould-Werth
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A Michigan union member explains how a state that was considered a union bastion came to this point

Commentary Germanos: Protests Erupt After Right-To-Work Legislation Passes Michigan House

Commentary, December, 07 2012 Andrea Germanos
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Michigan's Republican-dominated legislature on Thursday passed conservative, anti-worker, anti-women measures

Znet Article Rosane: Hot and Crusty Bakery Workers Seal the Deal on Unionization

Znet Article, December, 06 2012 Olivia Rosane
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After 55 days on the picket line, the workers of the Manhattan restaurant and bakery Hot and Crusty celebrated a precedent-making collective bargaining agreement

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