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Another April Walkout Looms for Oklahoma Teachers
NewsOK
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The West Virginia Option
Labor Notes
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Unions Fight for Equality and an End to Violence Facing Women Journalists
International Federation of Journalists
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Frontier Communications Workers on Strike All Across West Virginia
WVNews
Frontier Communications workers throughout West Virginia are on strike after the Communication Workers of America and Frontier Communications could not come to an agreement for a new contract with CWA 142. The previous contract expired on March 3.
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West Virginia’s Strike is No “Wildcat”
New Politics
We must get the language right. In reality, this was a strike and movement organized outside the union apparatus. This strike took shape as it did because the existing unions had neither the credibility nor legal authority to represent the workers. West Virginia teachers and school workers have no collective bargaining, nor the right to strike.
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California Nurses Union Leader RoseAnn DeMoro Retiring, But Remains ‘On Call’
San Francisco Chronicle
Nobody would call RoseAnn DeMoro, who transformed the California Nurses Association into one of the state’s most powerful political forces and a national player, retiring. But on Sunday, she will retire from the organization she has led for 32 years, saying she leaves the union “100 percent” ready to fight its battles.
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West Virginia Teachers Are Now Out on a Wildcat Strike.
Working In These Times
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University of Illinois Graduate Student Employees Go on Strike
Chicago Tribune
University of Illinois graduate student workers went on strike Monday after last-minute negotiations over the weekend failed to end a protracted contract dispute that has lasted nearly a year.
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