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New board members in two GOP-leaning counties essentially sacked their school superintendents over the span of one week.

Democrats were ready to throw railworkers to the wolves, letting even Republicans outflank them on labor rights. But thanks to a last-minute legislative push by Bernie Sanders and his allies today, railworkers may be getting the sick leave they’re demanding.

"We need universal rent controls in this country, and we actually need the federal government to champion them."

Was there a conspiracy — even if it only involved a handful of people — at the highest levels of our government to end the American Experiment that was only defeated by sheer luck?

12,000 striking postdoctoral scholars reached a tentative agreement with the University of California to boost their wages and benefits.

A great transition in our hemisphere, and a labor action news roundup

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