Jeremy Brecher, author of the labor-history classic Strike!, considers the recent wave of teacher walkouts, how we can overcome America's "strike drought," and the future role of mass disobedience in democratic politics.
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Labor
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A Q&A with author Sam Pizzigati.
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Company founder Jeff Bezos did not become the world’s richest man by letting employees enjoy free-range lifestyles.
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From fare strikes to sick outs, movements are deploying a variety of creative tactics to disrupt business as usual.
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Talk to Ai-jen Poo about her work and it won't be long before you hear language you don’t often hear in the midst of intense social movement campaigning.
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Doesn’t supply and demand dictate that new immigrants will steal jobs and drive down wages for U.S. citizens? A leading immigration economist explains why not.
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The contested legacy of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.
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Supporting 'clean clothes' campaigns to end the exploitative labour practices that pervade the textile industry is not as simple as just picking the 'right' brand to buy.
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Economists love to talk about incentives. In this case, such limits would motivate CEOs to augment the pay of their janitors, secretaries, and cashiers for a simple reason: Their own raises would depend on it.
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The Dodge Superbowl ad celebrates a type of farming that corporate agribusiness has all but obliterated in the past fifty years.