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Academics at Columbia College in Chicago are in a fierce dispute over cuts to courses and poor working conditions

The picket of Pratt & Whitney Canada answers the global call issued by 32 Palestinian trade unions to stop arming Israel. In recent weeks, workers from Australia to Italy, the UK and the US have responded.

Dan DiMaggio reviews the major contract expirations coming up in 2024, including 30,000 Boeing workers and 32,000 AT&T workers. Will we see more big strikes?

Faced with China’s rise, Western states are turning from free trade dogmas to active industrial policies. This turn may offer opportunities for labor — but as the electric auto industry shows, it is also producing a harmful logic of national rivalri

"This complaint is the latest confirmation of Starbucks' determination to illegally oppose workers' organizing," said one unionized employee.

They are reporting under unimaginable difficulties and being killed in record numbers. The journalistic community should be honoring them every day.

Putting creative housing demands on the bargaining table and engaging in public campaigns for tenant protections are essential first steps for all unions that can bargain on the offensive as they gain power.

“There are Americans sleeping all over the streets in urban America,” Samuelsen says. “People have jobs and can’t afford homes. Never in my life have I seen a situation where America’s cities have looked like this."

Recent victories of today's progressive social movements show us real change is possible if we use smart, rigorous strategies. The right has known this for years. It's past time we catch up.

A Teamster organizer reflects on 2023, a year of labor upsurge: “Corporate America, you’re on notice — we’re not fucking around.”