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VICTORY!!! VW workers have just made history w/ UAW, making Volkswagen the first nonunion automaker in the U.S. to go union since 1941. This is a watershed moment that will lead to a tidal wave of new organizing in the South and catapult the labor movement into a new era.
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MN bus drivers with ATU 1005 are shutting it down on Jan 23 – joining the calls for an economic blackout: no work, no school, no shopping. Working people across the Twin Cities are demanding ICE out of MN, justice for Renee Good, and not a dollar more for ICE terror.
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In the deep South, 4,000 Amazon warehouse workers are organizing with CAUSE to form their union at RDU1. With their election happening in the coming weeks, we are reporting to you on the ground from Garner, NC, to hear from the workers about why they are unionizing
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Striking city workers in Philly with AFSCME DC33 – from sanitation to public works to libraries – are fighting for living wages to stay in the city they keep running. As the strike enters its 2nd week, the trash piles are rising and pressure grows on the city to make a fair deal.
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Waffle House servers work for poverty wages while the CEO, Joe Rogers III is paid $10,000 per hour. Often forced to survive on tips, Waffle House workers in the South are standing up and organizing with Union of Southern Service Workers to demand living wages, safety, and dignity on the job.
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More than a thousand Somali workers at Karmel Mall in Minneapolis are shutting down all the businesses and joining the general strike against racism this Friday, Jan 23. Workers and small-business owners are rejecting ICE’s terror on the community and are calling for justice!
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Minneapolis educators are tired of seeing their students, colleagues, and neighbors terrorized by ICE. Marcia Howard, President of MFE59 – Minneapolis Federation of Educators, spoke out against the attacks on her community, demanding ICE out of MN, ICE out of everywhere!
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When an Amazon warehouse moves in, they deliver a laundry list of problems, and then manipulate the truth to whitewash their reputation. Amazon acts like they are a blessing to our communities, when in reality they prey on communities of color. Here’s how they do it.
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