Retiree Patrick Burns has his “feet on the ground” fighting for union democracy, women’s rights, and more.
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Labor Weather Report, October 2018
A glance at victorious fights in Missouri and Korea plus a hotel workers’ strike in Chicago.
Trump’s NAFTA publicity stunt
While endlessly covering Trump’s false NAFTA-supplanting deal with Mexico at the end of August, the U.S. press avoided reporting on how very bad any free trade agreement is for the working class.
Amazon’s sweatshop culture
Interviews with Somali warehouse employees in Minnesota and reports from factories in Europe reveal brutal conditions and angry workforces.
“Teachers’ strikes are escalating in Washington”
From Jacobin, a report on Washington state educators that explains why their actions are important for workers across the country. For updates and how to donate to the striking union locals, see also www.washingtonea.org/
All out on 23 October: Unite and fight for the right to strike!
Despite restrictive anti-strike laws, Australian unions are calling workers out to rally for a living wage.
Help save an important resource and advocate for workers
Protest the plans of the University of Iowa to close its Labor Center, a 67-year-old bastion of education and research about the workers’ movement.
Labor Weather Report
A glance at how some workers and their unions are faring in the class struggle, from South Carolina to China and Iran.
Supreme Court hands bosses big wins
The Janus and Murphy Oil rulings threaten more than a century of hard-fought gains. The only recourse is militant action including strikes.
Hoffman campaign statement: The Freedom Foundation — every worker’s enemy
Financed by “Dark Money,” this group cares not about freedom, but about busting unions and legitimizing an unregulated corporate agenda.
Events
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