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To rebalance our democracy and economy, a real system of economic checks and balances must exist to ensure that working people have power in their workplaces.

While Indiana laws prohibit teachers from going on strike, similar laws have not deterred educators in other states from holding work stoppages.

Now Questions Arise about Acting President Rory Gamble

Over the course of nearly a month, the DC bus drivers strike has intensified: other groups, including a flight attendant union and local union musicians, have joined the picket line. 

One New York public employee union —the New York State Nurses Association—is advocating for the abolition of the Taylor Law's no-strike rule. Other unions recognize that labor needs offensive weapons. Yet most are ambivalent or opposed.

Workers at the L.A. Protera plant voted overwhelmingly to join the Steelworkers.

The labor board’s current leaders have been described as anti-labor by worker advocates, and accused of working to gut the public’s ability to file unfair labor practice charges by a number of its own staffers.

White-collar workers share widespread anger at the now-shelved government plan to introduce a law allowing the extradition of criminal suspects to mainland China.

Arkansas teachers and students face a well-funded school privatization effort backed by major corporate entities with influence that stretches from the Governor’s office to the state Board of Education to the University of Arkansas.

It's About More Than Fighting Abuse—It’s About Workplace Democracy