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November 25, 2021

It's International Food Workers Week—Support Organizing That Centers Those Who Feed Us

Anna Canning Common Dreams

Too often, workers' calls for justice and all of our calls for a fair food system are met with false solutions like this label that try to rebrand the exploitative status quo as ethical. But there is another way.

August 30, 2021

Fukushima: A Lasting Tragedy

H. Patricia Hynes Portside

The United States, the largest owner of nuclear power plants, promotes nuclear power as “safe and clean energy,” a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

June 4, 2018

Burgerville fight revives the Wobblies, a radical union from Oregon's industrial past

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh The Oregonian/OregonLive

Supporters of the Burgerville Workers Union picket outside the fast-food chain's Lloyd Center restaurant. Credit: Burgerville Workers Union

Workers at Burgerville voted to form a federally recognized union — the first in more than 40 years among fast-food employees nationwide. Now the Wobblies dream of organizing the entire Burgerville chain.

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