The Chicago Teachers Union has done the seemingly impossible. At a time when teachers are pilloried in the press and attacked by…
Chicago teachers are on strike today to demand smaller classes, much-needed student services, and stability for a profession that’s battling a corporate…
Have Democrats abandoned teacher unions in their pursuit of a corporate-backed education overhaul? From the looks of the Democratic National Convention, it…
Detroit students are back to school on Monday, but their teachers are still waiting to hear if they have jobs. Those who…
Just months after Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans fired all 7,500 of its teachers. After a seven-year legal battle, the…
As Congress dallies, postal workers and community activists are turning to civil disobedience to combat the sweeping cuts planned for the Postal…
Wisconsin public workers face harsher work rules and shrinking paychecks as contracts expire and additional provisions of Governor Scott Walker’s anti-union bill…
Yesterday Indiana became the nation’s 23rd right-to-work state after the Senate approved the anti-union measure 28-22. In protest, thousands of right-to-work opponents…
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