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The Multinational Trying To Bankrupt the Dock Workers Union Has a Sordid Past

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is facing an existential crisis. Founded by the militant labor icon Harry Bridges, the ILWU has made a name for itself as the take-no-crap West Coast dockers union, one that has engaged in work stoppages and other tactics both to protect their jobs and benefits, but also to oppose war and racism. A federal jury …

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When Unions Save Lives

Leave a Comment / unions / By max cyril

It was a typical workday for Michael “Flip” Wilson when a splintered steel bit punctured his forehead an inch above his eye. He was operating the claw-like continuous miner, a machine that cuts coal from an underground seam. Back above ground, Wilson’s superintendent tweezed out the metal, slapped on a BandAid and sent him back under, …

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Union Veterans Fight for Texas Catering Workers

Leave a Comment / unions / By max cyril

On Tuesday morning, as union veteran Sam Tijerina drove from Pasadena, Texas, to Dallas, he had a lot on his mind. His thoughts wandered as he passed mile markers and towns—he thought about his young family at home and the life that having a union job has provided them. “A union card has allowed me to live …

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Teamwork On and Off the Ice: Worker Wins

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Our latest roundup of worker wins begins with women’s hockey players forming a union and includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. Top Women’s Hockey Players Form Union in Pursuit of Pro League: More than 200 of the top women’s hockey players in the world have come together …

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Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren blast Delta’s union-busting in letter to CEO

Leave a Comment / unions / By max cyril

A shot across the nose cone from nine progressive senators could be just the beginning of Delta’s troubles. Delta Airlines should immediately stop sabotaging efforts to unionize the ground crews that make their operations possible, a group of nine senators told Delta CEO Ed Bastian in a letter Wednesday. The sharply worded note contrasts Bastian’s …

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As shutdown becomes longest in U.S. history, federal employees sue over working for no pay

Leave a Comment / Government Shutdown / By max cyril

The government shutdown dragged on for a 22nd day on Saturday, making it the longest in American history. On Friday, 800,000 federal employees went without their paychecks. And though President Trump insists “the buck stops with everybody,” 51 percent of Americans are placing blame for the shutdown him and him alone, according to a Reuters/Ipsos …

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employee unions

The Multinational Trying To Bankrupt the Dock Workers Union Has a Sordid Past

When Unions Save Lives

Union Veterans Fight for Texas Catering Workers

Teamwork On and Off the Ice: Worker Wins

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren blast Delta’s union-busting in letter to CEO

As shutdown becomes longest in U.S. history, federal employees sue over working for no pay

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