The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Black Workers Accuse Nissan of Civil Rights Abuses in Mississippi
"Workers are getting hurt at Nissan in Mississippi, but the company threatens to fire workers or close the plant if we organize a union," said Everlyn Cage, who worked at the carmaker's plant for 10 years and was fired after getting injured on the job.
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The South Is Organizing — and There’s No One to Cover It
Workers are less scared of organizing when the press is covering them. The solution? Put more labor reporters in the South.
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Labor Unrest at California Ports Continues as More Subcontracted Workers Go On Strike
After years of tenacious effort, workers throughout the nation's largest port – spread across parts of both Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA – may soon share one important tool their predecessors once had: a union.
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Walmart Workers Promise Biggest Black Friday Strike Ever
Organizers from OUR Walmart are expecting to see protests in 1,600 stores nationwide, as employees at more than 2,100 Walmarts have signed a petition asking for higher wages and better working conditions.
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Fast Food Workers Launch Biggest Strike To Date Demanding Higher Minimum Wage
Workers from McDonald’s, Burger King, Pizza Hut and other chains are holding a mass walkout Thursday as the battle to unionize – and receive higher wages – escalates.
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Organizing Higher Ed: When Grad Students, College Athletes and Labor Unite
In April, scholarship football players at Northwestern University voted to form a union, and more than 1,000 Yale University grad students delivered a petition demanding a clear path to unionization.
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Why NYU Grad Students Fought to Unionize — And What Their Victory Means
A decisive victory gives the union a strong mandate entering contract negotiations over pay, health care costs and job stability.
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Internet Privacy? Not if Government Has Its Way
On Thursday, the Senate will consider a new bill that allows the government to have total access to email accounts without a warrant.
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Hot & Crusty Employees Occupy Their Workplace
After the owners of an Upper East Side Hot & Crusty planned a lockout in response to its workers forming a union, those workers occupied.
