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Commentary Cunningham-Cook: How Workers Are Using Globalization Against Walmart

Commentary, October, 26 2012 Matthew Cunningham-Cook
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The Walmart strikes are part of a significant reevaluation of organizing strategy by labor unions and activists in the context of the continuing decline of unionism

Znet Article Street: Money Talks in Many Ways: Election-Season Reflections on How the Ruling Class Rules

Znet Article, October, 25 2012 Paul Street
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Election-season reflections on how the ruling class rules

Znet Article Sciacchitano: Making Labor Pay

Znet Article, October, 21 2012 Katherine Sciacchitano
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As union density shrinks, fighting for universal benefits will broaden the political playing field

Commentary Schulte: Is It A Woman's World Now?

Commentary, October, 20 2012 Elizabeth Schulte
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If conditions and opportunities for women have improved at all, it's because there was a struggle to improve them

Commentary Vorpahl: Workers Stand Up to Walmart

Commentary, October, 15 2012 Mark Vorpahl
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The conditions and wages that Walmart workers currently are subjected to have created a downward pressure for retail employees and the entire working class

Znet Article Moberg: En Masse and Without Precedent, Walmart Workers Rise Up

Znet Article, October, 15 2012 David Moberg
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The Walmart actions have been catalyzed by poor working conditions and alleged company retaliation against those who air grievances

Znet Article Eidelson: Strikes at Walmart Stores, Warehouses Spread to 12 States: Is the Retail Giant in Trouble?

Znet Article, October, 14 2012 Josh Eidelson
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Interview on Wal-Mart workers standing up and fighting back

Znet Article Lichtenstein: Why Walmart, Why Now?

Znet Article, October, 13 2012 Nelson Lichtenstein
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Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein sheds light on the new surge of Walmart protests

Commentary Boeing: "No Nerds, No Birds"

Commentary, October, 13 2012 Employee at Boeing
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A showdown is taking shape between Boeing and the aerospace giant's engineers and technical professionals

Znet Article Lakey: Coming Out As Working Class

Znet Article, October, 12 2012 George Lakey
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“Inclusive strategizing” brings both external and internal elements to a campaign to free it from classist sludge and liberate people from all the classes

Commentary Bradbury: Walmart Warehouse Strikers Return to Work with Full Back Pay

Commentary, October, 10 2012 Alexandra Bradbury
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Strikers have returned to work with their heads held high and their wallets full at Walmart’s largest North American distribution center

Znet Article Wainwright: Unleashing The Creativity Of Labour

Znet Article, October, 04 2012 Hilary Wainwright
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We need to create not simply full employment, but the conditions by which people can creatively collaborate to meet the needs of a changing society and a precarious planet

Znet Article McQuaig: Mitt Romney Blurts Out The Truth About Neo-Conservatism

Znet Article, October, 02 2012 Linda McQuaig
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Romney has so vividly exposed the cynicism and greed that lies at the heart of what is now called “conservatism” that he may have inadvertently begun its undoing

Znet Article Gindin: Culture Of Concessions Has Gutted Organized Labour

Znet Article, September, 30 2012 Sam Gindin
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Unions will have to demonstrate in practice that they are leaders in the fight for needed social services, that they have ideas for job creation

Commentary Meister: Danger and Death In the Tobacco Fields

Commentary, September, 27 2012 Dick Meister
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There are nearly 100,000 tobacco harvesters, some as young as 12, most of them Mexican immigrants

Znet Article Lopez: Koch Brothers Try To Kill California Unions

Znet Article, September, 25 2012 Juan Lopez
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While payroll deductions are vital to unions' political activity, corporations usually rely instead on company funds and donations from executives

Znet Article Gaus: South African Miners Win through Wildcats

Znet Article, September, 24 2012 Mischa Gaus
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South African miners won a dramatic pay increase in September, following a wave of strikes that spread to many gold and platinum mines

Znet Article Uetricht: Advanced Placement

Znet Article, September, 24 2012 Micah Uetricht
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The Chicago Teachers Union is poised to lead in the next school-reform fights

Znet Article Kellecioglu: The Economics Behind The Killings Of South African Mine Workers

Znet Article, September, 14 2012 Deniz Kellecioglu
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Any uprising against the prevailing conditions is seen as an act of disobedience, which “disturbs the functioning of the “markets”

Commentary Moran: Behind the Chicago Teachers Strike

Commentary, September, 11 2012 Theresa Moran
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Chicago teachers are on strike today to demand smaller classes, much-needed student services, and stability for a profession that’s battling a corporate takeover

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