Sara Nelson | Portside

September 12, 2019

Tidbits - Sept. 19, 2019 - Reader Comments: Climate Strike demands; Immigrant detention; Labor movement - responses to Portside posts; Germany; Venezuela; China; Cuba; Lebanon; Russiagate; How to Help the Bahamas; Resources; Announcements; and more...

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Reader Comments: Climate Strike demands; Immigrant detention; Labor movement - responses to multiple Portside posts; Germany; Venezuela; China; Trade War; Cuba; Lebanon; Russiagate; How to Help the Bahamas; Resources; Announcements; and more...

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September 10, 2019

‘Using Power Builds Power’: Meet the Woman Tipped to Lead the Labor Movement

Lauren Gambino The Guardian

Sara Nelson, the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, has struck a chord with activists calling for her to run for labor’s top job: president of the AFL-CIO

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September 1, 2019

Sara Nelson, The New Face of Labor Unions

Story produced by Richard Buddenhagen. CBS News

The age of George Meany is long gone. Now, as Professor McCartin says, American labor may be heading in a whole new direction. "I believe it's highly likely that the next leader of the AFL-CIO will be a woman."

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August 15, 2019

Some Labor Unions Split with Biden on 'Medicare for All'

Alice Miranda Ollstein Politico

Labor leaders dispute candidates’ claims that single-payer will leave their members worse off. Unionists would benefit from a system that guarantees comprehensive benefits and takes health care out of labor negotiations.

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July 8, 2019

AFL-CIO Leadership: The Two Women Vying To Be America's Top Labor Official

Steven Greenhouse The Guardian

Liz Shuler and Sara Nelson, both in their 40s and from Oregon, lead the undeclared race to succeed Richard Trumka at the union federation

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July 1, 2019

125 Years After the Pullman Uprising, We Could Be on the Verge of Another Sympathy Strike Wave

Ryan Smith In These Times

In a speech to labor leaders and visitors at the 125th-anniversary celebration of the Great Pullman Strike on May 11, Association of Flight Attendants president Sara Nelson said, “Look at how unions banded together during the Pullman Strike."

May 28, 2019

Dispatches From the Culture Wars - May 28, 2019

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The big push against abortion rights; GOT activism; ADL's dirty work; Cons' climate case closed; Nelson goes to war; Artists' dreams of POTUS

May 14, 2019

Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back

Sarah Jaffe The Nation

For the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, radical politics starts in the workplace.

January 24, 2019

Flight Attendants President Calls for General Strike to End Government Shutdown - The Fierce Urgency of Now

Sara Nelson Association of Flight Attendants, CWA, AFL-CIO

Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants is calling on "conference activists from across the Labor Movement" to conduct a "general strike to end the government shutdown."

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