by Bargaining for the Common Good | Apr 15, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
In Chicago, a coalition of labor and community groups is countering the narrative that the City is broke and needs to cut public services and government pensions. They are rallying support for a financial plan for Chicago that puts communities first by seeking revenue...
by Bargaining for the Common Good | Apr 15, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
In New York, a bold new movement is taking on hedge fund billionaires who hijack the democratic process to expand their own wealth and power. The Hedge Clippers are crashing Hedge Fund executives’ fancy dinners, private clubs, and luxury apartments, as well as...
by Bargaining for the Common Good | Feb 18, 2015 | News
by Alex Taliadoros The Chicago Tribune followed-up its investigation of the Chicago Public Schools’ toxic finance deals with three new articles that point to how we can start to reverse the trend of financial abuse that our communities have suffered from Wall Street....
by Bargaining for the Common Good | Nov 13, 2014 | News
by Alex Taliadoros In an incredible feat of investigative journalism, the Chicago Tribune has published a three-part series exposing how Chicago Public Schools (“CPS”) gambled and lost tens of millions of taxpayer dollars though complex financial deals with Wall...
by Bargaining for the Common Good | Oct 6, 2014 | Events, News
On June 16 and 17, 2014, the Labor Research and Action Network held their 4th annual conference at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. We were proud to participate and present a session entitled “Bargaining for the Common Good: The Role of...
by Bargaining for the Common Good | Jul 9, 2014 | News
In asking the question, “Are labor unions on the rise?,” Pooja Bhatia of OZY cited Bargaining for the Common Good as one of the keys to the future success of the labor movement. She wrote: After decades of losing members, legislative defeats and...
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