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‘We Demand Food for Thought’

Graduate employees at the University of Illinois at Chicago began an indefinite strike on March 19, demanding livable wages and better working conditions as part of a national wave of educator-lead organized labor efforts

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Second annual awards ceremony honors women in the trades

As part of national “Women in Construction Week,”  women and men from local building trades unions gathered March 6 at Surly Brewing for the region’s second annual “Women Building Success” awards ceremony.

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New labor college launching this spring in St. Paul

After months of planning, a small group of labor leaders, activists and scholars will open a new college this spring in St. Paul, inspired by the belief that working people can build the labor movement of the future, in part, by looking to the past.

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Teachers Urge Divestment from Private Prisons

A recent report from AFT exposes how public pensions are intertwined with some of the most harmful institutions out there — immigration detention centers and private prisons

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Sex Workers Unionize in Guatemala

Criminalization and a lack of protection by law enforcement makes sex workers in Guatemala and beyond vulnerable to violence. But one group has decided to organize to make their work safer.