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Sabotage as a Tool of Solidarity

Shaun Richman In These Times
Photo of men in suits and coats standing in front of the union building. Workplace sabotage has historically been a powerful organizing tactic. Is the time ripe again?

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Labor Nominee Chavez-DeRemer: More Trump Loyalist Than Union Ally

Hassan Ali Kanu The American Prospect
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary, Oregon Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, has been portrayed as the rare pro-union Republican, but a quick review of her history as an elected representative reveals a more mixed record.

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Amazon’s Anti-Union Model and the Damage Done

Paris Marx Jacobin
Canadian postal workers are striking for fair wages and better working conditions. This is putting them in direct conflict with the business model Amazon champions, where workers are treated as disposable and unions are crushed.

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1934 and Now: History Lives!

Peter Rachleff Labor and Working-Class History Association
The 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters was a historic fight and victory in the history of the American labor movement.
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