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Corporate Giants Target Communities of Color to Extract Wealth | Bill Moyers
Part of understanding how systemic racism works today is to see how the extraction of wealth from people of color is the business model of some companies. Source: https://billmoyers.com/story/corporate-giants-target-communities-color-extract-wealth/
Can Teacher Unions Bargain for Better — or Fewer — Charter Schools? | The American Prospect
A growing number of local unions want a say in authorizing them. Source: http://prospect.org/article/can-teachers-unions-bargain-better-or-fewer-charter-schools
Why Labor and the Movement for Racial Justice Should Work Together | In These Times
The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) has made tremendous strides in exposing and challenging racial injustice, and has won real policy victories. The policies, while often imperfect, are a testament to the strength of the organizing and activism of the moment. Not...
Labor Must Take on Capital | Jacobin
Unions must expand beyond narrow bargaining to challenge those who hold wealth and power at the highest levels. Source: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/08/unions-labor-hedge-funds-private-equity/
Bargaining for the Common Good | Dissent Magazine
From Los Angeles to Minneapolis to Washington, D.C., workers are finding new approaches to bargaining for a greater good, aligning their demands with those of their community allies. Source:...