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Nation Nov 15

Illinois votes to protect collective bargaining rights in state amendment

By John O'Connor, Associated Press

Arts Sep 23

How one historic labor strike embodies the fight for dignity

Our September 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Steven Greenhouse’s “Beaten Down, Worked Up.”…

By Courtney Vinopal

Arts Sep 14

Why this labor reporter is always ‘writing for the reader’

Our September 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Steven Greenhouse’s “Beaten Down, Worked Up.”…

By Courtney Vinopal

Arts Sep 11

Discussion questions for ‘Beaten Down, Worked Up’

Our September 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Steven Greenhouse’s “Beaten Down, Worked Up.”…

By Courtney Vinopal

Economy May 01

Around the world, virus worries haunt workers demanding rights on May Day

Millions of workers worldwide are marking international labor day trapped between hunger and fear because of the virus pandemic, either with no job at all or a job without enough health protections.

By Elena Becatoros, Angela Charlton, Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press

Apr 28

Pandemic stress pushes front-line workers toward labor action

By Nicholas Riccardi, Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Front-line workers are staging job action after job action in their quest for protection from the coronavirus. The protests have extended from Amazon to Instacart and McDonalds.

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Sep 05

Column: The labor movement as we know it is dying. Here’s how it can survive

By David Rolf

Collective bargaining isn't working. It's time for the labor movement to innovate and adopt new models.

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Apr 01

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A Violent Moment in American Labor History, Captured in Verse

Colorado poet David Mason shares a look at a dramatic moment in American labor history through his poem about a 1913 mine strike that ended in violence.

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Oct 27

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Labor’s ‘Bulldog’ Trumka Challenged by Dwindling Ranks, Public Perception

As AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka works to protect organized labor from the excesses of big business, he faces dwindling ranks, splits among union groups, and diminished public support. Paul Solman reports.

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