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The strike at GM is over, the deal has been ratified, and what have the workers learned? What has the country learned? We pick apart the details, the history, and what remains to fight for.
Tuesday morning, faith leaders held an ecumenical service to call attention to the injustices of the deportation regime. At a press conference, they called for Minnesota to become a sanctuary state
Chance the Rapper talks about the Chicago teachers strike and performs a song about the second city and other second-best things.
Two organizers discuss recent efforts to unionize nonprofit workers. Plus: an interview with Chicago teacher Kenzo Shibata about the first day on the picket line.
On October 17, hundreds of educators from across Minnesota marched in support of immigrant students and families, denouncing the emotional and physical devastation caused by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
At a Monday picket in Melrose, MN East African Jennie-O workers reported serious workplace injuries. One former worker described having her hand stuck in a machine that she was never trained on, for an hour. She alleges that she was fired instead of receiving treatment and surgery.
As the percentage of American workers testing positive for illegal drugs has climbed to its highest level in a decade, employers are turning to refugees to fill gaps in the labor market.
Artificial stone used to make kitchen and bathroom countertops has been linked to cases of death and irreversible lung injury in workers who cut, grind and polish this increasingly popular material.
General Motors workers took to the picket lines this week around the United States, in an unexpected and major strike that has long-term implications. We talk to autoworker Sean Crawford about the strike and what’s at stake. Then, from the UK, as the Labour party gathers for its annual conference and The World Transformed festival, we bring you an extended interview with Jason Moyer-Lee of the Independent Workers Great Britain (IWGB), a new union organizing everyone from foster care workers to Uber drivers to video game programmers—everyone, in other words, that the rest of the labor movement tends to say can’t be unionized. We learn how they’ve done it and more.
We also check in on gig economy workers in California after a big victory, and Kickstarter employees who’ve filed charges of retaliation for union activity. For Argh, we talk about yoga instructors unionizing, and think about what stake unions have in fighting for housing justice for all.
“When fewer than half our members feel they have the respect of the district’s top leadership and nearly 75 percent of ESPs are working at least one other job to make ends meet, it’s easy to understand why so many Minneapolis educators feel underpaid, overworked and ready to leave the district,” said Shaun Laden, president of MFT 59 ESP. “These are issues we can, and must, resolve in our next contract.”