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‘DOGE Already Happened in Chicago’

Michaela Brant The Progressive
The president of the Chicago Teachers Union spoke to The Progressive about the union’s new contract that will protect Chicago educators and students from the threats of the Trump Administration.

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America’s Labor Unions Are Souring on Trump

Steven Greenhouse The Guardian
A new AFL-CIO poll found that a majority of union members say the country is moving in the wrong direction, with many complaining that Trump has done nothing to reduce inflation.

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Labor Goes All In for Abrego Garcia

Adrian Carrasquillo The Bulwark
AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler condemned President Donald Trump's deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and described the unlawful overreach as an attack on all workers.

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May Day Follow Up

May Day Strong
Sign up for a national call on May 8th to discuss next steps in the fight coming out of May Day actions.

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Rallies in US Over Workers’ and Immigrants’ Rights

Rachel Leingang, Léonie Chao-Fong in Washington and Marina Dunbar in New York The Guardian
People organize in nearly 1,000 cities with focus on rallying against Trump administration and ‘billionaire profiteers’

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Learning From the 1990s Labor Party

An interview with Mark Dudzic Carl Rosen Jenny Brown Howard Botwinick Jacobin
As capital ratcheted up its assault on labor in the 1990s and Democrats embraced a neoliberal agenda, some labor unions launched their own political party.
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