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University Of Illinois Graduate Instructors Prepare For Strike

Chicago Tribune | Georgia Garvey | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: University of Illinois, Illinois Graduate Employees' Organization, Labor Movement, Illinois Graduate Students Strike, U of I Strike, University of Illinois Strike, Chicago News

Graduate student instructors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are set to strike starting at 8 a.m. Monday, after six hours of contrac...

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Maybe Conservatism is Dead?

Stewart Acuff | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stewart Acuff, Labor Movement, Afl-Cio, President Obama, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

The leaders of the Republican Party and the ideologues of conservatism have no answers for any of the problems that our country and our people are trying to deal with.

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Green Workers Need a Voice in the Climate Change Debate

Brendan Smith | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Labor, Green Jobs, Work, Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Labor Movement, Climate Crisis, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Green Politics, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News
Brendan Smith

What sort of future lies ahead for those of us who work in industries already being impacted by climate change?

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Crisis and Opportunity

Stewart Acuff | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afl-Cio, Labor Movement, Employee Free Choice Act, Stewart Acuff, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

We can take advantage of the opportunities we have--a President and Congress which share progressive values -- or we can sit back and squander the moment.

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Is Fresno SEIU's Vietnam?

Randy Shaw | Posted 07.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Labor, Nuhw, Andy Stern, Organized Labor, Labor Movement, Labor Unions, Sal Rosselli, Seiu, Home News
Randy Shaw

SEIU defeated NUHW by 233 votes in their bitter election over Fresno's 10,000 home care workers, but now faces a situation analogous to the United Sta...

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Commission OK's Expansion Of Congress Plaza Hotel Despite Ongoing Labor Protests

Huffington Post | Posted 07.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alexi Giannoulias, Congress Plaza Hotel, Congress Plaza Hotel Strike, Pat Quinn, Video, Congress Hotel Expansion, Chicago Plan Commission, Labor Movement, Chicago News

The continuing saga of the Congress Plaza Hotel labor strike took a new turn Thursday, winning approval for a controversial new addition just days aft...

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Hartmarx Bankruptcy: Politicians Push To Keep Obama Suit Maker Open

New York Times | Posted 06.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Hartmarx Wells Fargo, Phil Hare, Alexi Giannoulias, Labor Movement, Hartmarx Bankruptcy, Hartmarx, Hart Schaffner Marx, Chicago News

Workers at a suburban Chicago suit company, which calls President Obama one of its customers but has filed for bankruptcy protection, are getting supp...

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Which Side Are You on Specter?

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Afl-Cio, Stewart Acuff, Thomas Frank, Labor Movement, Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

Labor is re-energized by Specter's decision. Grassroots union activity -- already at a fever pitch -- is escalating even more.

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Sam Stein

Lincoln Under Siege From Both Sides For EFCA Position

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Griffin, Lincoln Griffin, Efca, Lincoln Employee Free Choice Act, Arkansas Politics, Labor Movement, Blanche Lincoln, Center for American Progress, Politics News

Sen. Blanche Lincoln's decision to oppose the union-backed Employee Free Choice Act, two years after supporting it, seemed at the time to take a thorn...

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The Ongoing Struggle for Workers' Rights

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

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Stewart Acuff

For workers in the private sector it is harder to form a union and engage in collective bargaining today than it was in 1968.

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Sam Stein

Summers Offers Philosophical Defense Of Employee Free Choice Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama's chief economic adviser, Larry Summers, offered a firm philosophical defense of the Employee Free Choice Act during a speech at the Broo...

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Republic Windows Sit-In Workers To Get Jobs Back Under New Owner

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Serious Materials, Republic Windows Workers, Green Jobs, Job Cuts, Republic Windows Sit-In, Chicago Sit-In, Green Business, Chicago Factory Protest, Organized Labor, Labor Movement, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The factory where laid-off workers staged a highly publicized sit-in that garnered national attention last year was sold to a Californ...

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Republic Sit-In Workers Kick Off National Labor Tour

Chi-Town Daily News | Megan Cottrell | Posted 03.06.2009 | Chicago

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Two months ago, the workers at Republic Windows and Doors went from regular people to national stars and started a conversation about the economic cri...

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President Obama Wants You to Join the Union

Robert Kuttner | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hilda Solis, Employee Free Choice Act, 100 Days, Obama's Cabinet, Joe Biden, Obama Unions, Joe Biden Task Force, Jared Bernstein, Fdr, Labor Movement, Unions, Task Force on Middle Class Working Families, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

On Friday, President Obama, a onetime organizer, had more words to say about unions, and they were the kind of explicit endorsement that we literally haven't heard from a president since FDR's day.

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Republic Windows Workers Continue Fight Against Bankrupt Company

AP | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — A union representing Chicago workers whose recent factory sit-in drew national attention are taking new action against the now-bankrup...

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Chicago Sit-In Workers Hope To Inspire Labor Movement

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — They've taken their sleeping bags and pillows back home and hauled away their protest placards after ending a nearly weeklong sit-in a...

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Workers End Protest At Closed Chicago Factory

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — They've taken their sleeping bags and pillows back home and hauled away their protest placards after ending a nearly weeklong sit-in a...

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Justice for All with a New Administration? It's Up to Us

Andy Stern | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Post Election, Labor Movement, Barack Obama, Seiu, Politics News
Andy Stern

On November 5th, do we start planning how we will stake our individual claims on the new president and Congress, or do we turn our attention to the greater opportunity to work together for the good of all?

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Labor at the Crossroads: Frank talk about what's at stake in this election

Thomas Kochan | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Thomas Kochan

Labor delegates are leaving the Democratic Convention with a clear message and a mandate, energized by the inspiring words of Barack Obama that "We ca...

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