Tag: Labor movement
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CTU is defining the parameters of the possible
Two reports on the impact of the CTU job actions this past week.
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Workers can lead against Covid-19
A Tempest editorial calls for more collective action in defense of our health, our lives, and our well-being over business as usual.
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Not essential? Brainerd grocery workers fight back
Paul KD reports on a new contract for grocery workers at five stores in and around Brainerd, Minnesota.
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Not so…grrrrrrreat!
The eleven-week strike against Kellogg’s ended on December 21 when workers represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers’ International Union (BCTGM) ratified the latest contract proposal (Agreement). The biggest issue for most of the 1,400 strikers was ending the longstanding two-tier wage and employment structure, which condemned a large part of the…
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Nothing natural about this disaster
Thomas Hummel discusses how climate change-fueled tornadoes and corporate greed caused the deaths of workers at Amazon and Mayfield Consumer Products in the Midwest.
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What’s become of the rank and file strategy?
Mel Bienenfeld traces the evolution of the debates around the rank and file strategy within New York City Democratic Socialists of America and DSA nationally.
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The Teamster Election
Joe Allen explains the prospects for the Teamsters in the aftermath of the most recent Union election.
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Reviving the sympathy strike
Emma Wilde Botta and Elizabeth Lalasz report on recent labor unrest at the healthcare giant Kaiser.
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Welcome to the quagmire
Kim Moody assesses the recent U.S. election results and highlights the strategic cul-de-sac facing those sections of the Left currently oriented on the Democratic Party, while pointing to “strike-tober” and the possibilities of a resurgent labor movement, as an alternative strategic focus.