Abdullah F., Cyn Huang, and Marsha Niemeijer
Convergence
By recruiting young radicals to the labor movement, the Rank & File Project hopes to build the base for a politics that can unify the working class around shared interests, & prioritize solidarity & workers’ rights within the workplace & outside it.
“The bosses wear Prada, and the workers get nada!” chanted hundreds of News Guild CWA workers out on a one-day strike against Condé Nast, the publishing juggernaut that owns iconic titles like Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Bon Appetite.
Musicians have been facing pay cuts because of the change of the business model and how our product is distributed. We’ve got to fix that, so that our folks can continue to buy diapers, pay rent, pay mortgages, and have a decent retirement.
An arbitration decision has determined public school employees in five bargaining units of the Hawaii's largest union are entitled to back pay of up to 25% of their total salaries for as much as two years.
The gains in union membership in 2023 were driven entirely by workers under the age of 45, says Heidi Shierholz, president of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
Fernando Perez interviewed by Luis Feliz Leon
Jacobin
Costco workers in Norfolk, Virginia, recently unionized, defying the company’s reputation as one that cares about workers. In an interview, a Costco worker says he and his coworkers are tired of being treated with disrespect on the job.
Trump lawyers assert, in court, that as president he would have the right to assassinate political opponents. The GOP is flat-out embracing insurrectionists. Here is how we – Portside moderators – assess the danger to democracy. And how you can help.
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