Black workers gained 231,000 union members in 2022 while whites lost 31,000 members
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Soccer fan clubs have begun clearing out blockades set up by Bolsonaro supporters on major highways across Brazil
My latest from Rio de Janeiro
Over 500 roadblocks were set up in Lula strongholds by the Brazilian federal highway police to prevent voting.
Reports of intimidation & even arrests by military police here in Brasil is widespread today
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Complaints of Employer Intimidation over Voting have quadrupled ahead of this week's Brazilian presidential election
Several Brazilian union leaders told me that they found Biden’s pro-union speech proved very effective in countering anti-union talking points by Bolsonaro.
Now, Brazilian union leaders are calling for international solidarity as they vote today
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“I think the militias are strong and real,” says Green. “There’s ongoing political violence, and it’s coming from Bolsonaro supporters, and they’re extremely aggressive, and they’re killing people.”
My latest on Brasil's election this weekend
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Last year, Saladin gave a long interview to & about how the labor movement needed to change.
Remember Saladin in his own words
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Bolsonaro is now giving aid to Uber drivers as polls showing him trailing by double digits.
Meanwhile, Bernie & Tim Kaine are pushing to cut US military aid if Bolsonaro ties to cut military aid.
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Yesterday, Black Workers for Justice announced that its founder Saladin Muhammad, a veteran of , had died
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Long COVID survivors marched on the White House today.
They want Biden to declare Long COVID a "national emergency", something that he has been avoiding
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Workers at the partially reopened Lordstown plant are threatening to strike for union recognition
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Strikes have DOUBLED in the last month according to Strike Tracker
15,000 Minnesota Nurses are on strike & 90,000 railroad workers are preparing to strike on Friday as a new strike wave hits before the election.
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Strikes have doubled in the past month, according to Strike Tracker.
15,000 Minnesota Nurses are striking & 90,000 railroad workers preparing to strike on Friday.
A new strike wave is hitting right before the election
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Strikes have doubled in past month according to Strike Tracker.
15,000 Minnesota Nurses are striking & 90,000 railroad workers preparing to strike on Friday.
A new strike wave is hitting right before the election
Strikes have doubled in past month according to Strike Tracker.
15,000 Minnesota Nurses are striking & 90,000 railroad workers preparing to strike on Friday.
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Over 6,000 Seattle Teachers are on strike as suburban school districts of Seattle continue to go out on strike as well.
Our latest on the strike wave brewing this fall
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Over 6,000 Seattle Teachers are on strike as suburban school district of Seattle continue to strike as well.
Our latest on the strike wave brewing this fall
7,000 Teachers Vote to Strike in Seattle Tomorrow & more in our newsletter
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An Ohio school is hiring ex-military to take on a strike of 150 teachers.
My latest on strike that starts in Niles, Ohio tomorrow
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- Niles, Ohio Teachers Near Strike Thursday
– 5,000 Minor Leaguers Sent Union Authorization Cards
– Rural Tenn. School Bus Drivers Strike
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Senator Sherrod Brown denounced Niles, Ohio School District for hiring a strikebreaking company.
Workers near the shuttered Lordstown GM plant plan to strike next Thursday.
In Columbus, parents are organizing to fight against threat of truancy charges against kids, who don't want to cross the picket line.
Some parents are holding alternative classes on the power of unions.
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Over 4,500 teachers are striking in Columbus.
More teachers strikes are set to elsewhere in Ohio over devastating property tax cuts.
Help us stay on the road to cover this.
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Our first of a 3 part series looking at how senior citizens raised in 60s activism are changing senior citizen activism & helping to inspire a new generation of bold younger activists featuring Bowzer of Sha Na Na.
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Vin Scully was also a proud union man.
“AFTRA is truly the greatest union on Earth", Scully said in 2009.
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- Atlanta EMS Unionize to Push Back against Understaffing
– Black Amazon Workers Received Death Threats
– N.C. Chick-fil-A Tried to Pay Workers in Chicken
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Yesterday morning, CBD Kratom cannabis workers announced a union drive at 8 of its store in Manhattan.
By Thursday afternoon, CBD Kratom responded by firing the president of @nycwunion
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Pfizer is making $1,000 a second in profits and now its using the money to hire an army of unionbusters.
However, there is no evidence that there is even a union drive at Pfizer. Our latest on why employers spend heavy to pre-empt union drives.
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“They trusted the people shuttling them into a tractor-trailer like cattle without water more than they trusted the U.S. government to provide a clear path to citizenship,” -
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Immigration activists are blaming Biden's restrictive immigration policies for leading to the deaths of 51 migrants in tractor trailer in Texas yesterday.
My latest for
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- Starbucks Unionbusters Threaten to Strip Abortion Coverage
– 10 Starbucks Stores Go on Strike
– 400 Planned Parenthood Workers Move to Unionize in 5 States. Our latest
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In Texas, an independent union of QuikTrip workers was launched.
While in Maine, an independent union of Chiptole workers was launched.
latest newsletter on an exciting day for the labor movement
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. is seeking a part-time Fundraising Director.
If anyone knows any qualified candidate, let me know
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. blocked debate on union democracy reforms that would allow every union member to vote on the president of the AFL-CIO
My latest from the convention in Philly
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- Microsoft & CWA Sign Union Neutrality Agreement
– West Coast Longshore Union to Strike for Juneteenth & more in today's
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