Workers went on strike and pushed union drives in record numbers after corporations made giant pandemic profits.
After facing 98% unemployment in the depths of the pandemic, the strongest union in Las Vegas has risen again.
Many of the Gen Z generation say they want to join a movement where social causes are part of their workplace values.
In 1970, tens of thousands of people in East Los Angeles marched for equality, identifying themselves as “Chicano.” Today, the Chicano Moratorium continues as young and old learn from one another.
Occasionally, in politics and social-economic struggles, there occur "moments of rupture," periods of dizzying and dramatic change when hosts of opportunities present themselves and existing arrangements of power are radically altered.
“The only way to make a change is to pressure these people into understanding that we aren’t … animals to control at their will.”
We really do believe that organizing happens at the speed of trust. Trust takes a while to form. Our newest tenant Union, the McGee Schiffman Tenant Union, has been in development for like six months before they just became public this past weekend
The milestone comes some six months after a failed high-profile union bid by Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, who sought to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
Workers were locked out Thursday night and had to wait for hours to get their personal belongings. On Friday, they were let in — but an armed security guard was there.
Heather Booth and the Jane Collective helped thousands of people have abortions before Roe. Their example is once again relevant.
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