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Outside of traditional labor structures, a new labor activism is surging, often supported by traditional unions. This new activism ranges from the “Fight for $15” movement to the statewide teacher strikes that broke out last spring.

Labor organizers and researchers said they had not heard of Amazon previously coming to the table after worker pressure, even for private discussions. Last week, Amazon offered some compromises at its facilities in the Minneapolis area.

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My tendency as a labor historian has always been to look at life beyond the workplace. Life taught me that working people are multi-dimensional. They care about many things in addition to work and unions, they bring multiple concerns and aspirations.

Brazilian Women Represent, Corbyn and Antisemitism, Cuba and Racism, Québec Solidaire, Left Unity in India, Poland's Rising Star, South African Workers Divided

A call for a new union strategy from three prominent workers' advocates. It is the concentration of wealth and power in this new economy, not computerization or artificial intelligence, that represents the gravest threat to our future.

German "Movement of Movements", Bengladeshi Students Protest, Disabled Unite in UK, Colombian Contender, Class in China

Women in low-wage jobs are particularly likely to seek and be denied pregnancy accommodations, given the physically demanding nature of many low-wage jobs and a culture of inflexibility in many low-wage workplaces.