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June 23, 2022

Poor People’s March on Washington Calls for ‘Moral Fusion of Everybody’ To Build Unions and Change Corrupt ‘Policies of Greed’

Bob Hennelly LaborPress

Young people are with this movement because they understand it is not about left and right and the normal politics — it’s about right versus wrong.

February 24, 2022

Tidbits - Feb. 24, 2022 - Reader Comments: Ukraine Crisis - Now War; AOC; Police Reform; Eddie Kay Remembered; 1619 Project; Ottawa Truckers 'Revolt'; Resources; Announcements; more....

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Reader Comments: Ukraine Crisis - Now War; AOC; Police Reform; Eddie Kay Remembered; 1619 Controversy; Ottawa Truckers 'Revolt'; Resources; Announcements; more....

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February 18, 2022

The Labor Movement has Lost a Great Organizer - Eddie Kay

David Kranz Portside

Eddie Kay speaking with his arm raised and a book in his hand.

The labor movement has lost one of its greatest organizers. On February 15, 2022, Edward Kay—known as Eddie—passed away at the age of 89. He will be greatly missed.

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July 20, 2020

Strike for Black Lives; Unions and Racial Justice

Martin Belam; Stephanie Luce The Guardian; Organizing Upgrade

SEIU, the Teamsters, AFT, CWA, UFCW, UNITE HERE, ATU and the UFW joined dozens of other labor and community organizations today in a national Strike for Black Lives. Meanwhile, unions are pushing the fight for racial justice beyond resolutions.

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September 18, 2013

Nurses Taste Victory in Battle That Shook New York Politics

Sarah Jaffe In These Times

Judge's ruling to stop closing of a hospital in Brooklyn is a major victory for the community. This has implications for the proposed closings of other hospitals in New York.

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