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The best antidote to the politics of hate and fear promoted by the White House and The Republican Party is activism around genuine social reform. Labor leaders recap election results below.

Organized labor had a good day at the polls Tuesday in Illinois and across the Midwest.

The demand for genuine full employment broadens our imagination of what a federal government committed to caring for its people would look like.

What are the checks and balances for Big Tech? What forces and people can keep them honest? The obvious answer is: their employees.

A company is nothing without its workers. From the moment we start at Google we’re told that we aren’t just employees; we’re owners. Every person who walked out today is an owner, and the owners say: Time’s up.

Chicago Teachers Just Voted 98% to Authorize the First Charter School Strike in U.S. History

We must organize a broad democratic front to confront this fascist government. We have a base of opposition with 12 governors and more than a third of the parliament, we have people’s organizations to resist . We must doubledown on grassroots work.

The concerns of hotel workers come at a time when jobs once reserved for people are increasingly being replaced by machines and mobile phone apps. It’s no longer just factory workers being replaced by robots — or even cashiers and clerks.

Even in Trump country, pro-union sentiment is rising. But can labor and its allies turn that sentiment into power?

Our government is run by rich people — and it benefits them the most.