…this country and around the world safer. Labor leaders and members gathered at the corner of Washington Place and Greene Street where in 1911 146 garment workers perished in the…
…rights groups pushing elected officials to outlaw his livelihood today, where around 12 years ago when he helped form the Clinton Park Stables cooperative. “We even had them around when…
…has a philosophical streak as well. “ I disagree with the notion that kids today donʼt want to work,” he says. “ We just need to teach them how to…
…public schools. The reporter, George Joseph, writes regularly on education and labor issues for The Nation, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this month. In the accompanying video, we asked…
…of today’s digital tools such as Google-friendly websites and sophisticated content distribution so as to reach a much wider audience and win the public relations battle against the Right. “I…
…New School is a higher education institution, not a corporation. In the accompanying video, Emily Barnett explains why she and her colleagues were demonstrating the college. Ms. Barnett is president…
…United Teachers President Karen Magee said March 16. Standardized tests can be useful, Magee told the Westchester Journal-News editorial board, but as diagnostic tools that show teachers what their current…
…“They think that politics helps organizing. But I would turn that around. Politics have never helped organizing until we organized enough to force the politicians to help us organize.” The…
…safety and staffing.” The unfair-labor-practice strike, the largest in the industry since 1980, began Feb. 1 at nine refineries and spread to more than 6,500 of the 30,000 oil workers…
…10 times as much money and is leading in the polls. But SEIU Local 1 spokesperson Jerry Morrison was optimistic, saying, “we usually play to win in politics.” Read more…
