The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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2020 Candidates Side With Labor As Strikes Deepen, Extending to Private Sector
Recent strikes in Erie County, Penn., and New England are evidence that workers in the private sector are beginning to exercise their strike muscles again – and reawakening the labor roots in the Democratic Party.
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Labor Unions Turn to New Strategies In Effort To Shape Midterm Elections
If labor adapts to the changing economic and political realities that got Trump elected, it can play an outsized role helping reshape the body politic as economic insecurity increases for the majority.
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Under the Radar, Trump Tries to Weaken Federal Employee Unions Thwarted By Court
“President Trump’s illegal action was a direct assault on the legal rights and protections that Congress specifically guaranteed to the public-sector employees across this country who keep our federal government running every single day.”
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Democrats, Unions Declare Victory As 'Right to Work' Loses By Wide Margin in Missouri
“In every corner of the state, voters rebuked the efforts of powerful, out-of-state corporate interests and dark money to control the future of Missouri’s economy.”
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Strengthen Labor Law to Promote Progressive Causes
To mark Labor Day, professors WIlliam E.
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How Michigan’s Emergency Management Law Poisoned Flint’s Children
If Michiganders are looking for someone to blame for the travesty in Flint, they need look no further than governor and the emergency manager he appointed, who unilaterally made a decision that jeopardized thousands.
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Using Collective Muscle, Here's How We Free U.S. Cities from Wall Street Control
Financial fees are sucking cities and states dry – but they can change the terms if they band together and bargain collectively over interest rates and other financial deals peddled to them by Wall Street.
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Can Non-Wall Street Democrats Present a Real Plan To Empower Workers?
Abandoned for decades by a party eager to cozy up to Wall Street and advance a neoliberal economic agenda, unions are once again being lauded by top Democratic Party leaders. But what's behind the warm embrace?
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BART Strike Gets Called Off, But Worker Concerns Are Growing
Transit workers and BART management stand tens of millions of dollars apart on a number of vital issues including pay, pension and health care. Though the governor halted the strike this week, future prospects for agreement look grim.
