June 23, 2021

Dispersed but Undaunted, Chicago Amazon Workers Help Win Megacycle Pay Nationwide

Chicago Amazon warehouse workers were put in a tough spot, and made the best of it. In January, the company hit workers in Chicago’s DCH1 delivery station with a devastating one-two punch. First, Amazon was shutting down their workplace, so they would have to transfer to other facilities across the city. Second, workers at delivery …

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A Charter School Named For the Author of “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Is Union Busting

At Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School in Massachusetts, teachers say a hostile administration is trying to crush their union. In 1968, Paulo Freire, a famous Brazilian philosopher, authored the book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, a Marxist argument for using education to empower the downtrodden. In 2013, a charter school named in his honor was founded: the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.