Labor unions
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Bandcamp Workers Form Union: 'It’s Not Enough to Get Small Wins Alone'
"We began working here as an extension of our own love for independent music, and believe that a site ... that purports to offer an ethical and fair alternative to the streaming economy should reflect its mission internally”
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Amazon Workers Walk Off the Job on the Biggest Shopping Day of the Year
Demanding better working conditions, warehouse workers are leaving their posts on Black Friday
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Linqua Franqa Is Fighting for a Better World, Onstage and at the Picket Line
Atlanta-based rapper, organizer, and scholar contains multitudes of revolutionary potential
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Tom Morello on the Frontlines With Alabama Coal Miners: 'Anywhere You Strike, I'm Coming'
Longtime advocate of workers' rights on why he's lending his support to the United Mine Workers of America
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Cereal Killers: How 80-Hour Weeks and a Caste System Pushed Kellogg's Workers to Strike
After decades on the losing end, company workers are demanding a better deal. The cereal giant has other plans
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'A Way of Life Is At Stake.' Striking John Deere Workers Defy the Company, and Their Union, to Tell Their Stories
For the first time in generations, workers at John Deere have the upper hand. But they’re struggling to figure out how to make it count, and whom they can trust
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Billy Bragg, Lucy Dacus Set for Conversation Series Supporting Labor Reform
Steve Earle, Arcade Fire's Will Butler and Anjimile will also chat with labor leaders and organizers to raise awareness for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act
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In Pivotal Move, Sen. Manchin Announces Support For Pro-Union Legislation
"I look forward to working with my colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, to move this bill through a legislative process," Manchin said
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Secretly Group: Workers at Indie-Music Company Begin Efforts to Unionize
"Our enthusiasm for the culture in which we work can lead to exploitation in ways endemic to the creative industries: poor wages, inadequate benefits ... and an absence of initiatives that address systemic race and gender inequality," employees write in open letter
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Black Athletes Are Not Just Here to Entertain You
Four years to the day after Colin Kaepernick first took a knee for civil rights, Milwaukee Bucks players led a historic strike to protest police violence and systemic racism
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