Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world
International
Cómo puede el movimiento laboral luchar contra la agenda de deportaciones masivas de Trump
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Este es un momento aterrador para los trabajadores inmigrantes. El presidente electo Donald Trump hizo campaña con el lema “deportaciones masivas ahora” y nombró a un equipo de extremistas anti-inmigrantes. La dirigencia del Partido Demócrata se ha inclinado hacia la derecha en este tema, adoptando la retórica de Trump sobre “asegurar la frontera” y las políticas republicanas fundamentales. Un proyecto de ley que apuntaría a personas indocumentadas para deportación si son simplemente acusadas, no condenadas, de delitos no violentos como el hurto en tiendas fue aprobado en la Cámara de Representantes con apoyo bipartidista. Está avanzando en el Senado, donde sólo ocho demócratas se opusieron a su avance.
International
After Building Service Workers Mobilize, FTC Stops Secret No-Hire Agreements
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A key tool that enables contractors to trap building services personnel in low-wage work has been upended by a bipartisan majority at the Federal Trade Commission.
International
How Labor Can Fight Back Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda
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This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and Labor Notes. This is a frightening time for immigrant workers. President-elect Donald Trump ran on the slogan “mass deportations now,” and has appointed a team of anti-immigrant hardliners. The leadership of the Democratic Party has lurched to the right on this issue, adopting Trump’s rhetoric about “securing the border,” and embracing core Republican policies.
A bill that would target undocumented people for deportations if they are merely accused—not convicted—of nonviolent crimes like shoplifting passed in the House with bipartisan support. It’s moving forward in the Senate where only eight Democrats opposed its advance.
International
Bosses Are Retaliating Against Workers for Showing Solidarity With Palestinians
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Workers are losing their jobs and professional opportunities for expressing pro-Palestinian sentiment. Others are choosing to self-censor amid a climate of fear.
International
The Call Is Out for Mass, Simultaneous Strikes in 4 Years
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These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st century United States.
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Every Life Is a World: Sarah Jaffe on the Power of Collective Grief
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An argument for public memorialization as a path through the crises of capitalism.
Book Review
Labor’s Reckoning: What We Can Learn From the Cold War History of the AFL-CIO
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An interview with the author of ‘Blue-Collar Empire,’ a forthcoming book that uncovers the AFL-CIO’s Cold War-era involvement in undermining left-wing and anti-imperialist labor movements abroad.
International
The Chicago Teachers Union Wants to End Student Homelessness at the Bargaining Table
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In its next contract, the CTU is demanding housing for up to 15,000 unhoused students.
Book Review
Expand or Perish: Hamilton Nolan’s Simple Message to the Labor Movement
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A conversation with a labor journalist and author eager to see labor seize on the post-pandemic surge of union enthusiasm.
International
The Auto Workers Who Stand with Gaza
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More than half of organized labor in the US is part of a union that has called for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. One worker explains why.