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by Glenn Parton We need a New New Deal in America, bigger and better than the one enacted by FDR in the 30s (and even bigger than his visionary proposal for a Second Bill of Rights in the 40s). T...

https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/a-true-national-safety-net/

by Steve Early It has become a movement mantra, as labor suffers betrayal after betrayal by Democrats and Republicans alike: union members should run for office themselves. Rhetoric on this subj...

https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2018/08/31/teamster-tackles-corporate-democrat-in-california-assembly-race/

  Last night workers in Missouri organized, voted, and WON BIG. On the ballot was Prop A, a so-called “right to work” bill that would’ve limited workers’ rights to stand together, form ...

https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/workers-win-missouri-vote/

Demand a Real NAFTA Replacement that Puts People & the Planet Ahead of Corporate Profits Dear Duane : Trade officials are racing to complete their renegotiation of the North American Free Trade A...

https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/demand-a-real-nafta/

A Union Response to the Supreme Court’s Janus Decision LEE SAUNDERS JULY 9, 2018 And how policymakers can help—not hurt—workers in responding to it http://prospect.org/article/union-respons...

https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/a-union-response-to-janus/

The Supreme Court may have ruled against us , but don’t count us out. The right-wing extremists on the Supreme Court showed their true colors today. Their thirst for rigging the economy toward ...

https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2018/07/07/in-spite-of-janus-dont-count-us-out/

by Larry Cohen It is now clear that enterprise-based organizing and bargaining in the U.S. has a dim future.  U.S. workers’ collective bargaining coverage is back to early twentieth century le...

https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2018/06/29/the-time-has-come-for-sectoral-bargaining/

Excellent piece.  Concrete suggestions. https://rethinkingschoolsblog.com/2018/06/26/transforming-teacher-unions-in-a-post-janus-world/

https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2018/06/28/teachers-unions-in-a-post-janus-world/

Elections have consequences. “Justice” Gorsuch in the stolen seat joined the 5-4 decision. Laura Clawson on DailyKos reports the long expected bad news: The anti-worker right, bankrolled by...

https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2018/06/27/janus-elections-have-consequences/

For decades, powerful corporate interests have been advancing policies that erode protections for working people. Time and again, these interests have gone to court in an attempt to undermine the...

https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2018/06/27/corporations-win-janus-decision/