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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Strikes by U.S. Workers Outpacing Rate in 2018
New strikes this month by hospital workers in Toledo, Ohio; teachers in Oregon, Tennessee, and North and South Carolina; and international strikes and protests by Uber and Lyft drivers are further galvanizing the labor movement.
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Act Out! [161] - Grandmas in the Gutter, The Hidden Employment Stats & Puerto Rico’s Ongoing Disaster
This week on Act Out! UC workers strike but find a foe where the friendlies should be – an unfortunately familiar story.
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May Day Militancy To Create the Economy We Need
On this May Day, we reflect on the history of worker power and present lessons from our past to build power for the future.
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Fight for $15 Movement Plans Fast-Food Workers' Strike Across South
The organization is calling on fast-food workers in two dozen states to go on strike on Feb. 12 to mark the 50th anniversary of the famed two-month Memphis sanitation workers’ strike, which began shortly before MLK's assassination.
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Want to Stop Trump? Take a Page From These Dockworkers, and Stop Work
The day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, perhaps the most dramatic and important action was taken by dockworkers in Oakland, California: They stopped working. Their strike demonstrated the potential power ordinary people have on the job, when organized.
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The Problem With the Fight for $15 – Not Radical Enough
The Oakland-based activist and performer says workers need to look beyond city councils and form a radical new labor movement – through strikes, stoppages and occupations of the workplace.
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Labor Dispute Could Shut Down Las Vegas
50,000 unionized service industry workers at major hotel-casinos could go on strike over stalled contract negotiations, severely cutting back operations or shutting down some venues completely.
