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Public Servants Are Losing Their Foothold in the Middle Class

April 24, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: The anxiety and seething anger that followed the disappearance of middle-income jobs in factory towns has helped reshape the American political map and topple longstanding…

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Teachers’ strikes: meet the leaders of the movement marching across America

April 18, 2018 Editor

From today’s The Guardian: When teachers in West Virginia went on strike in February, there was little indication that a swath of other states would follow suit. But that action…

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Without no pay raise in years, Oklahoma Teachers Could Be the Next to Walk

March 21, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: When she woke up one morning last week, Tiffany Bell, a teacher at Hamilton Elementary School here, had $35 in her bank account. On take-home…

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Striking teachers descend on West Virginia’s Capitol to demand pay raises

March 5, 2018 Editor

From ABC News: Thousands of striking teachers descended on the West Virginia Capitol on Monday, forcing officials to briefly cut off access to the building six days after Gov. Jim…

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Cal State Faculty Unions protest Chancellor Tim White’s campus visits, prepare themselves for strike

January 19, 2016 Editor

Hundreds of thousands of Cal State students will not have to worry about their professors going out on strike after the union representing faculty members failed to authorize a work…

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Fast-food protests: Dozens of workers are arrested in strike for higher pay

September 8, 2014 Editor

From LA Times September 4 by Shal Li, Tina Susman, and Tony Perry. Dozens of fast-food workers from Los Angeles to Manhattan were arrested as they escalated a fight for…

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Fast-Food Workers Seeking $15 Wage Planning Civil Disobedience

September 3, 2014 Editor

From NYT September 1 by Steven Greenhouse: The next round of strikes by fast-food workers demanding higher wages is scheduled for Thursday, and this time labor organizers plan to increase…

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The Economic Value of Treating Workers Humanely

August 29, 2014 Editor

From today’s NYT ‘Taking Note” Blog by Carol Giacomo: There has been so much regression on democracy and human rights in Myanmar recently that many people, this editorial page included,…

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LA city workers rally for living wage

August 28, 2013 Editor

From yesterday’s LA Times Local: Hundreds of workers rallied outside the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, demanding an increase to the “living wage” that county contractors…

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BART strike postponement nears end, Governor considers extension

August 9, 2013 Editor

BART and its unions are at the negotiating table today in an effort to settle the ongoing labor dispute that has caused transportation disruptions in the Bay Area since last…