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Strong Unions, Strong Democracy

January 14, 2016 Editor

From yesterday’s New York Times “Opinion” by By Richard Kahlenberg IF the questions that came up during oral argument in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association on Monday are any guide,…

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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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Some Retail Workers Find Better Deals With Unions

September 8, 2014 Editor

From NYT September 7 by Rachel Swarns: By now, the hardships endured by retail workers at clothing stores across New York City are achingly familiar: the frantic scramble to get…