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Labor’s Existential Crisis | Commonweal Magazine
The Catholics on the Supreme Court, along with some bishops, neglect church teaching on social justice, collective bargaining, and the dignity of labor Source: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/labors-existential-crisis
Bank Workers Rising | The American Prospect
The workers who blew the whistle on Wells Fargo have joined with other bank employees to win a better life for themselves and a safer economy for the nation. Source: http://prospect.org/article/bank-workers-rising
Unions Forge Partnerships With Communities for the Common Good | Truthout
Unions are fighting for quality of life, not just contracts. Source: https://truthout.org/articles/unions-forge-partnerships-with-communities-for-the-common-good/
St. Paul teachers say they are looking beyond pay to student needs | Star Tribune
"Bargaining for the common good" catches on with other teacher unions. Source: http://www.startribune.com/st-paul-teachers-say-they-are-looking-beyond-pay-to-student-needs/474656053/
How to Halt Labor’s Slow Death | The New Republic
The success of a Minnesota teachers' union shows the way forward for a beleaguered movement. Source: https://newrepublic.com/article/147098/halt-labors-slow-death
Unions Aren’t Just Fighting for Themselves Anymore | Governing
Public-sector unions are becoming more altruistic. They may need to be. Source: http://www.governing.com/columns/smart-mgmt/gov-unions-bargaining-common-good.html
“There’s No Trick” | Jacobin
Unions will have to go back to the fundamentals of labor organizing if they want to survive national right to work. Source: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/01/janus-afscme-right-to-work-public-unions-dues
Bracing for a Supreme Court attack, labor unions make plans to survive | Think Progress
"In a moment in which labor is under attack ... we actually have to stand for more, not less." Source: https://thinkprogress.org/supreme-court-unions-f1dc972f8c51/
When Unions Lead Education Reform | In These Times
In the summer of 1995, Adam Urbanski, president of the Rochester Teachers Association, and Helen Bernstein, former president of the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), organized a group of union leaders from 21 locals across the country to discuss how teacher...