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August 23, 2018

Tidbits - Aug. 23, 2018 - Reader Comments: Guilty Please, Convictions, Top Stinks; Electoral Tactics; Puerto Rico; Space Force; Catholic Church Sex; Dakota Access Charges Dropped; Announcements; and more...

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Reader Comments: Guilty Please, Convictions, Rotten at the Top; Electoral Tactics; Puerto Rico - Readers Disagree with Portside Post; Space Force?; Catholic Church Sex Scandal; Dakota Access Charges Dropped; Strikes; Announcements; and more...

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August 21, 2018

Lockouts Appear to be Giving Employers More Clout as Union Strikes Fade

Katie Johnston The Boston Globe

Strikes have become a much weaker tool for unions, while management continues to lock out workers as a way to call the shots at the bargaining table.

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August 20, 2018

The FMCS Must Be Happy: The U.S. Private Sector Strike Rate is Declining

Eric Dirnbach Medium.com

A rarely used U.S. government data set shows that the rate of all private sector strikes arising from union contract negotiations has declined by over 60% since the 1990s.

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August 13, 2018

Nixon Strikes a Blow for Labor: Why Returning Public-Sector Workers the Right to Strike, as a Last Resort, Makes Sense

Josh Freeman New York Daily News

Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor, has called for eliminating the strike ban for New York State public workers.

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July 9, 2018

“It Really Comes Down to Empowering the Working Class”

Meagan Day interviews Julia Salazar Jacobin

Socialist New York State Senate candidate Julia Salazar on electoral politics, the Democratic Party, and why strikes matter.

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May 28, 2018

Review Essay: Are Strikes Over?

Kim Moody Against the Current

Kim Moody reviews "Riot.Strike. Riot: The New Era of Uprisings", by Joshua Clover.

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April 29, 2018

Teachers Walkout Fallout: Impeachment Effort Underway Against OEA Leaders

Andrea Eger and Samuel Hardiman Tulsa World

OEA president, vice president target of some after walkout. The relative lack of legislative action during the walkout left teachers wondering what had been accomplished before the walkout was declared over.

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March 25, 2018

Teacher Strike Fever Spreads

Dan DiMaggio and Jonah Furman Labor Notes

Teachers in Oklahoma, Arizona, and Kentucky are now striking, sicking out, rallying, and Facebooking to push officials to raise their salaries and defend their benefits.

March 10, 2018

The Strike Against Fear

David Broder Jacobin

On this day in 1943, a strike in Italy’s FIAT company marked the beginning of the end for Mussolini.

March 8, 2018

Tidbits - March 8, 2018 - Reader Comments: West Virginia Teachers' Victory; International Women's Day; Climate Lessons; Remembering Pete Seeger; Resources; Announcements; International Women's Day Chronology; and more....

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Reader Comments: West Virginia Teachers Win in Strike Led by Women - What a Way to Celebrate International Womens' Day; Climate Lessons from New York Victories; Remembering Pete Seeger; Resources; Announcements; Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Commemoratio

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