Organizing
Retail Cleaners With SEIU Local 26 Rallied on ‘Black Friday’
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Last Friday, cleaners with SEIU Local 26 rallied in Minneapolis during one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
Organizing
Hundreds of airline catering workers and allies protest at MSP
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Workers called on Delta to take urgent and necessary steps to ensure that workers who cater its flights are able to escape poverty and access healthcare.
Government
AFSCME Librarians Draw Attention to the Persistence of Sexual Harassment
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“As egregious and deeply saddening as it is to experience harassment from library patrons that I’m trying to assist, I’ve been more astounded time and again by Hennepin County’s lack of foresight in anticipating and responding to this harassment.”
Investigative
Arkansas Teachers Went On Strike. Here Are the Corporate School Privatizers They’re Up Against.
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Teachers of Little Rock, Arkansas are on strike Thursday over the state’s decision to strip their collective bargaining rights and curtail local control of the school district. It is the teachers’ first strike since 1987, and only their second strike ever.
Commentary
The Strike at McDonald’s Is About More Than Fighting Abuse—It’s About Workplace Democracy
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Ignited by the hideously common experience of workplace sexual harassment, the strike was a powerful display of working-class force in an industry where women and people of color make up the overwhelming majority of non-managerial workers.
Community
Chicago Teachers Didn’t Win Everything, But They’ve Transformed the City—And the Labor Movement
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Members of SEIU 73 ratified their contract this week, and CTU members will now have 10 days to do so. But the impact of the two-week walkout is likely to extend far beyond the contracts themselves.
Organizing
Carley Foundry Workers are on Strike
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About 220 members USW Local 63B are on strike over Carley Foundry’s unfair labor practices. The strike began on Saturday morning.
Organizing
Over the Last Week, At Least 85,000 Workers Were Out on 13 Different Strikes
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 485,000 U.S. workers were involved in strikes and lockouts during 2018. That’s the highest number since 1986.
Community
UPDATE: Chicago Teachers Strike Enters Week 3
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“The good news is in terms of the really difficult sticking points, it’s not a very long list,” Sharkey said. “The bad news is, looking at what’s happening, I feel like the city, the mayor and the school’s chiefs are digging in.”
Community
Chicago’s Citywide Strike Just Spread to Charter School Teachers
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On Tuesday, the ranks of the striking workers—represented by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and SEIU Local 73—swelled a little further as nearly 40 teachers walked off the job at Passages Charter School on the city’s north side