Tag: Labor movement
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Sixty-seven days on strike
Tempest’s Sam Friedman reports on an ongoing strike by nurses at RWJBarnard Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.
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Reports from UAW picket lines
In these short reports, Tempest members Haley Pessin and Mel Bienenfeld describe UAW pickets at a Stellantis Parts Distribution Center in Tappan, NY.
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Let them eat steak
Tempest’s Dana Cloud reports from a United Auto Workers picket line at a G.M. parts distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
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Ocean Hill-Brownsville and the Freedom Schools of 1968
The following piece is an account of the 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville Strike by former teacher and rank-and-file activist in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Marc Pessin.
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Nurses’ strike in New Brunswick, NJ
Sam Friedman reports on a nurses’ strike in New Brunswick, NJ. over oppressive working conditions, including unsafe staffing levels.
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What happened to the Left in the U.S. labor movement?
The recent contract settlement between the Teamsters and UPS continues to spark debate and reflections on the Left. Tempest’s Joe Allen weighs in.
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UAW rally in Warren, Michigan
On August 25, 97 percent of the 150,000 auto workers represented by the UAW voted to authorize a strike if an agreement is not reached before their contracts expire on September 14. Hank Kennedy reports on a rally of the United Auto Workers in Warren, Michigan last weekend before the strike authorization vote.
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Starbucks: the long haul from recognition to a national contract
Frank Emspak argues that Starbucks workers can win a union and a contract at Starbucks if the labor movement acts like a labor movement.
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Why are hospitals keeping nurses away from patients in need?
Tempest member Snehal Shingavi interviews striking union nurses in Kansas and Texas following their historic one-day strike in June against Ascension and the company’s retaliation to lockout the employees from returning to work for three days.
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Are the Teamsters going red-hunting?
Joe Allen highlights the barely-concealed red-baiting in a recent defense of the UPS Tentative Agreement from a Teamster National Bargaining Committee member.