Labor and community organizations who have been aligning for years are escalating their fights at the same time.
The NLRB ruled that Dartmouth men’s basketball players are university employees and can host a union election.
“In good times, organizations wrest and secure our gains. In bad times, they help withstand the inevitable chaos from backlash, repression and sectarianism.”
“SEIU members understand that working people often feel the impact of war most deeply and bear the brunt of its terrible consequences.”
Recent victories of today's progressive social movements show us real change is possible if we use smart, rigorous strategies. The right has known this for years. It's past time we catch up.
A Q&A with a veteran building cleaner on what’s at stake for her workplace, her union, and her city’s working class.
Within the labor movement, all of the bright ideas and strategic insights in the world won’t amount to much if the democratic rights of union members themselves aren’t respected, restored, and expanded.
Hospitals portray unions as opposed to the interests of patients. The opposite is true: health care unions have been the strongest advocates for safer conditions and patients who can’t pay debts.
If we are to save our democracy, we must increase the influence of everyday people, of the workers who make corporations run. Worker power is the only counterbalance to corporate power.
The case for strict staffing ratios in American hospitals and skilled nursing facilities is remarkably straightforward: They save lives and reduce nurse turnover.
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