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Who’ll watch the kids?

December 2016

As a parent, finding childcare that’s affordable, high-quality, and able to fit an unconventional work schedule can be difficult to impossible. When I had my first child, it was actually… Read more »

Affirmative action = class solidarity

December 2016

This 2016 article argues that affirmative action can not only address the oppression of targeted groups, but also build working-class unity in the process.

Labor Weather Report for February 2017

February 2017

January 2017 — Statewide UC strike. Teamsters Local 2010, which represents 14,000 University of California workers, staged a one-day strike at all 10 UC campuses and medical centers on Jan…. Read more »

Rise of the robots and disappearing jobs

April 2017

The U.S. unemployment rate is a low 4.9 percent, so they say. But current figures don’t cover anyone not actively seeking work because of age, disability, discouragement, or lack of… Read more »

Labor Weather Report for April 2017

April 2017

February 2017 — Strike vote — 81 percent! For the first time ever AFSCME Council 31, representing 38,000 Illinois state workers, authorized a strike. Since their contract ran out in… Read more »