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Learning From the 1970 Postal Workers’ Strike

Marc Kagan Jacobin
In 1970, US postal workers won collective bargaining rights with an illegal strike. If lawsuits to stop Trump’s attacks on the federal workforce fail, that kind of militancy may be the only way for federal workers to retain their own union rights.

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Green Jobs in Agriculture in Guatemala: How Close Are They?

Luis Linares Equal Times
The creation of green jobs in agriculture requires state action to protect natural resources, encouraging sustainable practices to prevent pollution, while at the same time ensuring compliance with labour legislation and workers’ fundamental rights.

Tidbits – Sept. 14, 2023 – Reader Comments: March To End Fossil Fuels – THIS SUNDAY; Looming UAW Strike – What You Can Do; Abortion Rights; Africa and France; Class Visits by Anti-War Veterans; 50 Years Ago Democracy Died in Chile; Cartoons;

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Reader Comments: March to End Fossil Fuels - THIS SUNDAY; Looming UAW Strike - What You Can Do; Abortion Rights Attacks on All Workers; Africa and France; Class Visits by Anti-War Veterans; 50 Years Ago Democracy Died in Chile; Cartoons; more....

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Workers and Climate

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Workers are suffering the impacts of climate change in myriad ways. Who is at increased risk, and what can be done to reduce suffering?

The AMLO Project

Edwin F. Ackerman Sidecar
Whatever the shortcomings of AMLO’s answers, his attempt to break with neoliberalism cannot easily be dismissed.
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