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Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District walked off the job Tuesday over stalled contract talks, and they are being joined in solidarity by teachers in a three-day strike that has shut down the nation’s second-largest...
by Associated Press stories chosen by Daily Kos staff
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on Tue Mar 21, 2023 at 06:10 AM PDT
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Temple University is using the anti worker corporate think and tools to break a strike by graduate students who have been on strike since January 31. www.cnn.com/... There has been a tentative agreement reached yesterday. billypenn.com/... GTAs are the...
by Kenneth DeBacker
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on Sun Feb 19, 2023 at 12:34 PM PST
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On Friday night, Feb. 3, a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, due to some kind of “mechanical failure” in one of the cars. A massive fire began releasing dark smoke for hours. A couple of days later, amid fears of toxic gas...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Feb 09, 2023 at 12:15 PM PST
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Have you ever seen the movie “Trading Places”? I for one love that movie, and I have an idea on how to use it and make the rich and powerful take a step back and feel our pains. In the movie, the Eddie Murphy character quotes the following “The best...
by PapaBear
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on Tue Jan 31, 2023 at 04:34 PM PST
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Apologies for being unable to forbear from making the obvious Star Wars joke, but the moment mysterious explosions were reported in Iran, I suspected that Ukraine had teamed up with Azerbaijan to finally payback the Ayatollahs for supplying weapons to...
by Dee Sampson
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on Sun Jan 29, 2023 at 09:14 AM PST
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As HarperCollins workers extend their strike into the new year, several authors express their support for the union despite potential risks to their debut novels.
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by Alexandra Martinez
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on Thu Jan 19, 2023 at 08:15 AM PST
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Thousands of nurses in New York went on strike Monday in an effort to demand better pay, working conditions, and address staffing needs. Amid the global pandemic, nurses across the country were in high demand, with health care workers struggling with...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Mon Jan 09, 2023 at 04:25 PM PST
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by BrianMcFadden
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on Fri Dec 30, 2022 at 02:50 PM PST
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Earlier this month, in order to avert a potential rail strike, the U.S. Senate voted to force railway unions to accept a tentative agreement. It was a deal that did not include the desired amount of paid sick leave, offering only one day of leave...
by Erin Tulley
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on Tue Dec 13, 2022 at 07:00 AM PST
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by Mark Fiore
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on Fri Dec 09, 2022 at 05:00 AM PST
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This story from the BBC about a historic rail line in England is worth a read because it shows what we’ve forgotten about what rail can do for a region, and about the huge effort that what was put into building them. We are at a crossroads in America...
by xaxnar
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on Thu Dec 01, 2022 at 07:06 AM PST
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The House leapt into action Wednesday morning, taking up legislation that would enforce a tentative agreement that was brokered by the Biden administration in September between the railroads and union leaders. Congress and the administration are trying...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed Nov 30, 2022 at 09:02 AM PST
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Whoops, sorry, that headline should have read “Railroad Corporations”, my mistake. Statement from President Joe Biden on Averting a Rail Shutdown I am calling on Congress to pass legislation immediately to adopt the Tentative Agreement between railroad...
by GrouchySquirrel
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on Tue Nov 29, 2022 at 07:19 AM PST
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Having negotiated a new contract that promises wage increases, affordable health care, paid family leave, and more, workers hope that their efforts will inspire others in the industry to fight for ...
by Prism Guest Writer
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on Thu Dec 01, 2022 at 08:15 AM PST
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Academic workers perform most of the teaching and research at the prestigious University of California 10 campus system. Today, they walked off the job demanding pay increases, better healthcare, child-care subsidies, more extended family leave, public...
by Doctor Jazz
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on Mon Nov 14, 2022 at 10:34 PM PST
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If you think the chances of a national rail strike are over, guess again. YOU can make a difference. The odds of a national rail strike were looking very high not that long ago — and are increasing again. After talks between unions and the industry broke down (after 2+ years without a contract), emergency mediation by the Presidential Emergency Board...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Oct 31, 2022 at 06:55 PM PDT
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UPDATE: Sunday, Oct 30, 2022 · 4:41:00 PM +00:00 · CathyM Okay, here’s another take; not quite so positive: www.registerguard.com/… Weyerhaeuser worker strike ends after 46 days with 'not the greatest' contract A six-week worker strike at Weyerhaeuser...
by CathyM
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on Sun Oct 30, 2022 at 09:37 AM PDT
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This article was originally published at Prism
On Sept. 15, railroad union members reached a tentative agreement with railroad companies, ...
by Alexandra Martinez
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on Sat Oct 08, 2022 at 08:15 AM PDT
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You know things are bad when your family calls you out publicly. But the Walt Disney Co. has long had an issue with being in tune with the audiences it plays to. From offensive and racist stereotypical characters, like the Crows in Dumbo, to the...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Fri Sep 30, 2022 at 07:42 AM PDT
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by Maryam Noor
This article was originally published at Prism
On Sept. 7, some 50,000 students in Seattle should have had their first day of school. However, a strike enacted by ...
by Prism Guest Writer
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on Tue Oct 04, 2022 at 08:15 AM PDT
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