Labor Organizing

Pomona Firings Show the Paradox of Immigrant Labor Organizing

Nathan Robinson | Posted 04.10.2012

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Nathan Robinson

Fixing immigration and fixing labor are inseparable. Immigration reform could give increasing freedom to workers to organize without fear, but without vigorous protections on organizing, employers still hold all the cards.

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Labor Day of Mourning: The Religious Challenge in a Shattered Job Market

Rev. Peter Laarman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Peter Laarman

What happens when we Americans can no longer measure our value -- or even feel very human -- based on our paid work? Where is our self-worth to be centered and nurtured in this unsettling new world?

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Labor's Election Ground War -- And How The Media Is Missing It

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Tasini

Karen Ackerman believes the election will very close and the AFL-CIO is launching the "broadest, biggest efforts in its history" -- 250,000 volunteers in 24 priority states will be deployed.

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