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New Study: Union Candidates Deliver for Workers

Editors Jacobin
A new study from the Center for Working-Class Politics, ASU's Center for Work & Democracy, & Jacobin reveals that politicians with union backgrounds campaign more aggressively for workers and vote further left — but unions rarely recruit them.

Nike Is Moving Jobs to Low-Wage Regions of Indonesia

by Rob Davis and Nick McMillan, ProPublica, and Matthew Kish, The Oregonian/OregonLive ProPublica
After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and into less-developed areas.

Women Workers Won’t Settle for Less

Andrea Egan Morning Star
This International Women’s Day, let’s reject efforts to divide us. We must stand together as women trade unionists and fight for a transformation of society that uplifts the rights and dignity of all women.

In Spain, Amazon Workers Win With Quick-Hit Walkouts

Alfonso Martínez Valero Labor Notes
Building from below, workers can organize a well-planned strike—over the objections of more conservative unions—draw on their knowledge of the production process, hit the company where it hurts the most, and wrest real gains.