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Person Bush: Ontario Next Right-to-Work Target?
Jan 04, 2013

The more unions are beaten back in the United States, the worse it is for Canadian workers, whose jobs can easily be shipped south

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It’s clear that many workers are willing to walk a tightrope, even if victory seems a long way off

53 Bond: After The Marikana Massacre
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No amount of fines or penalties will induce corporate leaders to modify their behavior

Person Burns: The Power Of Example
Dec 11, 2012

It’s very hopeful that we’ve seen a turn in the labor movement back toward the strike and back toward grassroots activism and workplace-based activism

53 Bond: South Africa’s Sanitation Cesspools
Dec 05, 2012

What the dog’s-breakfast Durban Platform confirms, then, was global-elite back-slapping generosity to each other, simultaneous with rank incompetence and utter disregard for the poor and environment

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“The ability of the Egyptian people to mobilize in this post-Mubarak era is astounding”

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Nov 28, 2012

Two years ago, there were 574,000 postal workers, not counting temps. This year only 533,000 are braving snow, rain, and gloom of night

53 Bond: Another Disgrace In Durban?
Nov 23, 2012

Are the BRICS ‘anti-imperialist’ – or instead, ‘sub-imperialist’, doing deputy-sheriff duty for global corporations?

Person Bell: Eid “Sensations”
Nov 03, 2012

Many wonder why the same horrid drama keeps repeating. How many times can the same mistake occur before it becomes intentional?

Person Butler: Corporations Profiting Out Of Food Crisis
Oct 27, 2012

Modern hunger is not a consequence of food scarcity, but of poverty, inequality and corporate control of the food system

Person Ball: Opposing the Pipelines
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Three controversial pipeline proposals came under fire during the full-day rally

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Oct 14, 2012

In California Prpp. 32 is masquerading as an attempt at electoral reform

Person Boeing: "No Nerds, No Birds"
Oct 13, 2012

A showdown is taking shape between Boeing and the aerospace giant's engineers and technical professionals

Bloch Bloch: Striking Walmart Workers Escalate
Oct 12, 2012

If a company as massive as Walmart is forced to change its labor practices, the ripples will be felt far and wide

Z Bradbury: Walmart Strikers Win Full Back Pay
Oct 10, 2012

Strikers have returned to work with their heads held high and their wallets full at Walmart’s largest North American distribution center

Person Bolger: Life in Waziristan, 2012 “AD”
Oct 07, 2012

Imagine having up to 6 drones circling overhead 24 hours a day, making an incessant, constant buzzing sound that never ceases

Bacon Bacon: Killing of Unionists
Oct 05, 2012

34 trade unionists have been assassinated and 485 leaders have received death threats since the Labor Action Plan has been in effect in Colombia

Person Butigan: A Resurgent Anti-Nuclear Movement
Sep 29, 2012

We are in the midst of the next phase of the movement for nuclear disarmament, where a series of campaigns across the U.S. are pumping life into the seven-decade struggle

53 Bond: Jim Yong Kim Comes To Joburg
Sep 06, 2012

If after this week’s trip, Kim decides to leave the toxic culture of SA’s minerals-energy complex unchanged, it will be yet another case of ‘dying for growth’

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