by Bargaining for the Common Good | Feb 18, 2016 | News
Public school teachers in Saint Paul, Minnesota have prioritized improving their students’ learning conditions above all else. So much so that they’ve used their bargaining sessions with the school district, where negotiations...
by Bargaining for the Common Good | Sep 15, 2015 | News
Robert D. Putnam, a Harvard social scientist that famously authored Bowling Alone, recently ignited a national conversation about upward mobility with a new book titled Our Kids. He persuasively argues that growing inequality in income and wealth is leading to...
by Bargaining for the Common Good | Sep 14, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
We are proud to share the news about a major victory for our movement in Los Angeles, where the Coalition of LA City Unions has reached a tentative deal with the city after more than a year of tense contract bargaining. As many of you know, unions representing LA City...
by Bargaining for the Common Good | Aug 19, 2015 | News
According to a new Gallup poll, unions have surged in popularity in recent years. Since 2008, the approval of organized labor grew by ten percentage points to 58% after reaching historic lows at the onset of the Great Recession. Remarkably, approval for unions grew 5%...
by Bargaining for the Common Good | Jul 7, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
In the midst of a staggering budget deficit and revenue crisis facing Illinois, Chicago, and Chicago Public Schools, and while facing unprecedented attacks on unions by the private equity firm Governor, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and SEIU Healthcare...
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