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Labor Movement
March 26, 2021
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Luis Feliz Leon
The Amazon Union Vote Is Ending in Bessemer. Workers Are Already Preparing for the Next Fight.
“It’s not just a hashtag for us. All things are definitely on the table.”
February 8, 2021
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Alex Press
The Alabama Town That Could Defeat Jeff Bezos
The Amazon billionaire is trying to crush a unionization effort at a warehouse in Bessemer. But David and Goliath fights are in the town’s DNA.
December 21, 2020
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Mia Sato
The Empty Ethics of “Shop Small”
As economies crater in the pandemic recession, the call to buy “handmade” local goods has gained new force. It’s not that simple.
August 5, 2020
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Kim Kelly
The AFL-CIO’s Untenable Stance on Cops
A power struggle over police unions rattles the heart of the American labor movement.
June 19, 2020
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Felipe De La Hoz
America Owes More to Its “Essential” Immigrant Workers
The moral case for legal status is straightforward. The path there is snaking and dotted with pitfalls.
May 22, 2020
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Rosana Araujo
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Clio Chang
I Lost My Job Cleaning Houses and Don’t Know Where I Go From Here
When the pandemic hit, my employers told me, “Do not come right now.” No one paid me for those cancellations.
March 5, 2020
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Kim Kelly
The Myth of the Progressive Boss
Cenk Uygur talked a good game about The Young Turks being the premier progressive media outlet. Then his staff tried to unionize.
February 6, 2020
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Kim Kelly
The Airport Workers Who Starved Themselves in the Super Bowl’s Shadow
Against the opulence of the NFL's biggest night, workers in Miami went on a hunger strike for living wages.
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