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GOP courts blue collar voters but most favor anti-union ‘right to work’ laws and reject laws that would protect right to organize.

“Food really puts us on the spot in terms of making us perform for those around us who will, or at least we think will, be judging us based on how and what we eat,” says Adam Lowenstein, the author of Horror Film and Otherness.

Around the world Amazon workers are rising up. Look for some new action on "Black Friday" (Nov. 25) coordinated by a half-dozen unions and worker organizations.

Doctors’ unions are rare in the US, and unions comprised of both physicians and other medical providers are even rarer. But in North Carolina, a group of medical providers has successfully organized an interprofessional union.

For many young men, the imaginary dinosaur symbolized everything they were terrified of being: vulnerable, kind, and loving.

There are Contrasting Visions of Unionism Up for Leadership.

Seeking explanations for the rise of the insurrectionist right, California poet Alison Luterman turns the story to what has been stolen from the old America and lost.

The UFCW may be contemplating supporting Kroger’s mega-merger. That should give every union member a sinking feeling.

Whether fighting to unionize or exercising the right to accept or reject negotiated contracts, workers are nurturing democracy where we most need it. If we are to save our political democracy, we must begin by establishing a beachhead for democracy in the workplace.

Adam Hochschild’s new book documents a period of thriving radical groups and their devastating suppression.