Community
Coal Miners Continue Their Standoff against Blackjewel
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Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders and sent 18 pies from a local Pizza hut for each day they’ve been blocking the Blackjewel train.
Government
MSP Airport Workers Testify for $15 at Monday’s MAC Meeting
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About 25 workers and representatives from UNITE HERE Local 17 and SEIU Local 26 rallied and several gave testimony about how higher wages would benefit them personally.
Commentary
Teachers Fighting for Public Schools Were Key to the Uprising in Puerto Rico
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In the two months leading up to the uprising which ousted Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Roselló, educators celebrated hard-fought victories against the privatization of their education system. Struggles by teachers and families against school closures and charter schools helped pave the way for July’s unprecedented outpouring of protest.
Organizing
These Hotel Workers Say They Shouldn’t Have to Work Multiple Jobs to Make Ends Meet
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The election win was part of the national UNITE HERE’s “One Job Should be Enough” campaign to improve existing contracts at select Marriott hotels, and to win labor union rights at the chain’s many non-union operations
Government
“I Didn’t Know Anyone Cared About us or Our Safety.”
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“When erotic dance is treated as a public embarrassment, workers find very little help in their struggles with an exploitative pay structure, racist management or harassment” Swift said. “Standing with erotic dancers is a matter of gender, racial, and economic justice.”
Organizing
Chicago Teachers Are Threatening To Strike Against New Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Here’s Why.
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After months of negotiations with Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the powerful teachers’ union may again go on strike in the fall, with the union demanding Lightfoot make good on her promises.
Commentary
Letter from The Feminist Strip Club
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The possibility of regulatory change influenced our discussions, and many of the articles in this issue focus on labor conditions and the proposed ordinance changes. Among them, we’re thrilled to include an inside view from a dancer that worked with the City on crafting the proposed changes.
Organizing
‘We are Doing This for Our Residents’
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Nursing home workers at Guardian Angels (link is external)in Elk River finished a two-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike this morning.
Organizing
Tennessee Janitors Convince Target To Drop Dirty Cleaning Contractor
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Workers’ Dignity built off previous work by the worker center Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (Center for Workers United in Struggle) in Minnesota, Target’s home state.
Uncategorized
Elk River Nursing Home Workers Announce Strike Authorization
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‘All we are asking is for them to invest in their dedicated employees so residents can continue to get quality care. We want to feel respected and valued and we want to have a voice through our union.’