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One of the most pro-worker moves Biden could make might surprise you

Leave a Comment / Justice System, President Biden / By max cyril

One incredibly important move to help workers that the Biden administration has signaled didn’t necessarily look like a pro-worker move. Even before President Biden was inaugurated, his incoming White House counsel started asking for suggestions for judicial nominees who would be diverse not just on race, gender, sexual orientation, and religion, but on professional background. Specifically, more candidates who …

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The Young Socialists’ School-to-Union Pipeline

Leave a Comment / Socialism, unions / By max cyril

When West Virginia’s union teachers defied state law and walked off the job for fair wages and better healthcare in February 2018, their wildcat strike?—?and the wave of strikes it inspired?—?changed lives hundreds of miles away. For example: Claire, a pre-med student at New York University (NYU), switched from the doctor-track to nursing?—?with the aim of landing a union …

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Biden backs right of Amazon workers to attempt to organize

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his support for organizing efforts by Amazon workers in Alabama, though he stopped just short of endorsing the formation of a union. “Workers in Alabama — and all across America — are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It’s a vitally important choice — one …

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‘Can we find a deal?’: Coronavirus sparks debate over paid leave

Leave a Comment / paid leave, Pandemic / By max cyril

Democrats, Republicans and corporate America are coalescing behind a federal paid leave policy for the first time in the U.S., one of few rich nations where workers aren’t automatically provided the benefit. But as they hammer out the details, fracture lines are already emerging that could derail the decades-long effort once again. President Joe Biden’s …

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God’s Work: Labor in the Church

Leave a Comment / economy, labor / By max cyril

In this episode, we talk to Rev. Lindsey Joyce of the United Church of Rogers Park in Chicago and the Institute for Christian Socialism. We discuss Pastor Joyce’s life and path to being a full-time pastor and the community she serves. We also discuss the work of ministry: What is it like to be a worker who works in …

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Texas and Florida, Defying CDC Guidance, Aren’t Prioritizing Vaccination of Farmworkers

Leave a Comment / Farm Workers, Pandemic / By max cyril

Despite Centers for Disease Control recommendations, a few states with large farmworker populations have not prioritized Covid-19 vaccinations for farmworkers. Because farmworkers risk Covid-19 exposure in the course of their jobs, the CDC proposed that they should be near the front of the vaccination line. But Texas and Florida, which have large farmworker populations, have not included farmworkers in their initial rollouts, …

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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: National Nurses United Leads Coalition to Urge CDC to Acknowledge COVID-19 Aerosol Transmission

Leave a Comment / Pandemic, unions / By max cyril

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. National Nurses United (NNU) is leading a group of 44 allied unions and organizations, including …

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‘Union guy’ Joe Biden keeps his distance from Amazon union fight

Leave a Comment / President Biden, unions / By max cyril

When Joe Biden was running for president, he promised union members that he would be the “best friend labor has ever had in the White House.” Now in office, Biden is keeping his distance from the biggest union fight of his early presidency, one involving a powerful company that gave to his inauguration and has …

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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Across America, Workers Hold Day of Action to Save Union Jobs

Leave a Comment / unions, Wal Mart / By max cyril

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Braving bitter cold temperatures across much of the country, hundreds of union members, environmental activists …

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A Minimum Wage? A Fake Debate

Leave a Comment / economy, MinimumWage / By max cyril

Capitalism’s “conservative” defenders yet again oppose raising the minimum wage. They fought raising it in the past much as they tried to prevent the Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) that first mandated a U.S. minimum wage. The major argument opponents have used is this: setting or raising a minimum wage threatens small employers. They may …

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