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Hearst is pushing back against its employees’ union drive, but it would be advantageous for them to support it.

Indigenous leaders and environmentalists blasted the United Nations for marginalizing civil society groups over two weeks of negotiations at the climate summit, while welcoming polluters.

Trump trafficks in anti-Semitic stereotypes. To Trump, Jews—including American Jews, some of whom vote for him—are alien beings whom he associates with the state of Israel.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont calls out the hypocrisy of so-called “deficit hawks” in a December 16 op-ed for the Washington Post, noting how inconsistent they can be.

The industry sees its employees like it sees the Earth: Just another resource to exploit.

Despite a bumpy execution, this Black Christmas works in the way it summons the anxieties of women and how they’re attuned to the danger of men lashing out against “persecution” that undermines their privileges and reputations.

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The Volkswagen plant would boost UAW's flagging membership, way down because of plant closings and automation. It represented more than 1 million people at auto assembly plants in the 1980s, but only 155,000 at GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler today.

"Plants underpin all life on Earth, they provide the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat, as well as making up the backbone of the world's ecosystems."

In 28 U.S. states, queer and trans workers can still be fired due to their sexual orientation and gender identity, and a strong union contract is often the only legally binding workplace protection available to LGBTQIA workers to fight discrimination