https://znetwork.org/author/rebeccaburns/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sun, 11 Aug 2024 13:27:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/rebeccaburns/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tenants-unions-across-the-us-now-have-a-national-federation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tenants-unions-across-the-us-now-have-a-national-federation/#respond Sun, 11 Aug 2024 13:27:47 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270641 Five tenants’ unions from around the country convened on Tuesday to announce the launch of a new national organization to take on the power of multistate real-estate capital. The Tenant Union Federation marks the first major national effort at tenant organizing in forty years. “Every tenant deserves a union — everyone deserves to move with the kind of power I found here,” [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tenants-unions-across-the-us-now-have-a-national-federation/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/joe-biden-and-pete-buttigieg-could-still-deliver-sick-leave-to-railworkers/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/joe-biden-and-pete-buttigieg-could-still-deliver-sick-leave-to-railworkers/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:55:46 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1234074 After forcing a contract on exhausted railworkers last week, President Joe Biden vowed to keep fighting for them to have paid sick leave. If he’s serious, here is how he and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg could fulfill that promise. When President Joe Biden pushed through a bill last week forcing a contract on exhausted railworkers, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/joe-biden-and-pete-buttigieg-could-still-deliver-sick-leave-to-railworkers/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/8-lessons-from-the-midterm-elections/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/8-lessons-from-the-midterm-elections/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:07:03 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1231569 Corporate media, industry-funded think tanks, and Democratic operatives were chomping at the bit to blame the party’s anticipated midterm election losses Tuesday on progressives and a prefabricated narrative about Democrats’ supposedly extreme brand. Then, the results began rolling in. 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