Teachers and Public Workers in Argentina: Four Months of Strikes and Pickets
Labor Notes
Public sector worker in Argentina fight for better conditions.
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AFGE’s “Me Too” Moment: When Top Leaders Misbehave, Union Members Pay The Price
Portside
A sexual harassment scandal at AFGE headquarters is making the union’s resistance to Trump more difficult.
Bus Drivers and The Right to Pee
StreetsBlogDenver
“We’re in a different world today, where management is all about the money and the company’s bottom line, but where’s the dignity of a person?”
Message from Portside Moderators - In Times That Try Our Souls, Asking for Your Help
Portside
The times are testing whether democracy and the rule of law, which are under the most ferocious, and sustained assault, will survive. We ask readers for their support once a year. If you like what we do, this is the time to support Portside.
60 Arrested As Airline Food Workers Protest At JFK
Labor Press
The protest was one of 16 at major national airports on behalf of 20,000 airline-catering workers.
Union and Community Donates Food to Give Strikers a Thanksgiving Meal as ASARCO Strike Continues
KFDA Channel 10 Amarillo, Texas
2,000 USW copper miners, on strike at 5 ASARCO plants in Texas and Arizona, have not been paid for over a month. Union members and the community have come together to donate food, ensuring every striker is able to have a Thanksgiving meal.
Job Loss Predictions Over Rising Minimum Wages Haven't Come True
Axios
Eighteen states rang in 2019 with minimum wage increases — some that will ultimately rise as high as $15 an hour — and so far, opponents' dire predictions of job losses have not come true.
Ruthless Quotas at Amazon Are Maiming Employees
The Atlantic
This holiday season, Amazon will move millions of packages at dizzying speed. Internal injury reports suggest all that convenience is coming at the expense of worker safety.
New Forms of Worker Organization to Free Democracy From Corporate Clutches
Stanford Social Innovation Review
To rebalance our democracy and economy, a real system of economic checks and balances must exist to ensure that working people have power in their workplaces.
Why 15,000 Indiana Teachers Just Walked Off the Job
In These Times
While Indiana laws prohibit teachers from going on strike, similar laws have not deterred educators in other states from holding work stoppages.
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