Spanberger was recruited to run first for Congress, then for Governor, by the same anti-union Democratic Party machinery that has helped keep the trade union density in Virginia at less than 5%. Yes, not a typo. Less than 5%.
Across Europe, trade unions have a long history of making political demands for universal health care and benefits. The unique brutality of the US capitalist class bred a labor movement that has often limited itself to being a private insurance provi
It is necessary to the success of working people to develop a consciousness of class solidarity among workers and the realization that their plight is
the result of predatory capitalism in which the welfare of human beings matters little.
For decades, union-busting bosses and Republican politicians have had a powerful ally in their war on organized labor: the United States Supreme Court.
Seventy-five years ago, the labor movement suffered its greatest setback of the 20th Century: the Taft-Hartley Act.
Talk of Joe Biden as a transformational president is getting ahead of itself. Historically, labor law reform has triggered some of the fiercest battles from business — and Joe Biden has shown no evidence he’ll go to the mat for the PRO Act...
From basic safety issues like nonslip mats in the kitchen to better salaries and benefits, the fight to create a more just industry ramped up this year.
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