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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:...
St. Paul Teachers Bargaining for Better Schools and Stronger Communities
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...
How Unions Stand Up For Our Kids
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...
Victory in Los Angeles
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...
What Is Fueling the Surge in Popularity for Unions
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%...
Illinois Carries Out Common Good Bargaining
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...
Fix LA Coalition Presents on the Budget That LA Needs
In Los Angeles, city workers and community allies from the Fix LA Coalition have been mobilizing to call on the Mayor to reverse cuts to vital city services that have left piles of garbage, unfilled potholes, and sewage overflows in the streets and compromised the...
Los Angeles City Workers Vote to STRIKE
Los Angeles city workers from SEIU Local 721 have voted to strike as part of their efforts to fix LA. With the support of the Fix LA Coalition, they are taking a stand to restore the vital city services and the thousands of middle class jobs that were...
Denver Classroom Teachers Association Fights Toxic Swaps
In Denver last month, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association held a training with 200 members to educate teachers about the role that toxic swaps had played in draining hundreds of millions out of the district budget. Denver Public Schools was trapped in some of...