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Denouncing Macron's Neoliberal Pension Reforms, Hundreds of Thousands of Striking Workers Bring France to a Halt

A protester holds a flare as public and private workers demonstrate and shout slogans during a mass strike against pension reforms on December 05, 2019 in Marseille, France. France has drawn up emergency plans for a major strike against pension reforms, which is one of the biggest challenges in President Macron's far-reaching reform. (Photo: Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images)

'They Want Us Afraid:' Fired Google Workers Fight Back Against Tech Giant With NLRB Complaint

Julia Conley, staff writer

"They count on the fear, the sadness, and the anger that we are all feeling to stop us all from exercising our rights. But what they didn't count on is the strength, the resolve, and the solidarity of Googlers and our allies."

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Black Friday Protests Across Europe Demand Amazon 'Start Treating Workers Like Humans—Not Robots'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Workers are breaking bones, being knocked unconscious, and being taken away in...

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Just One Week After Trump Rolled Back Safety Measures, Chemical Plant Explosion Rocks Texas Town

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

An explosion occurred at roughly 1:00 am Wednesday at a chemical plant in Port Neches, Texas.

"This facility has a track record of violating the Clean Air Act."

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'This Is Meant to Scare Workers': Vows to Fight Back After Google Fires Four Employees Who Led Organizing

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

Bernie Sanders Goes to Bat for Baseball Players as MLB Proposes Terminating Minor League Teams

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'Strong Majority' of Hearst Magazines Staffers Vote to Form One of the Media Industry's Biggest Unions

The newly formed NBC News Digital union is asking for a larger voice in the company.

'A Collective Voice': NBC News Digital Staffers Vote to Unionize

climate activists occupied Canada's House of Commons

27 Youth Climate Activists Arrested for Canadian Parliament Sit-In Demanding Green New Deal

Coal miners began blocking a train in Cumberland, Kentucky on July 29

'Talk About Direct Action Getting Results': Bankrupt Blackjewel Agrees to Pay Over $5 Million to Laid Off Coal Miners Who Blocked Train Tracks

Two Leading Economists Say Medicare for All Would Give Workers 'Biggest Take-Home Pay Raise in a Generation'

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'Not Going to Happen' Says Chicago Teacher After Mayor Lightfoot Urges Educators to End Strike While Contract Negotiations Continue

'Education Justice and Equality!': Day Two of Chicago Teachers Strike

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To Combat Dishonest Marketing, New 'Farm vs. Factory' Website Contrasts Industrial and Sustainable Agriculture

Demanding 'Pay and Benefits That Give Us Dignity,' 25,000 Chicago Public School Teachers Go on Strike

Sanders Unveils Sweeping Plan to Give Workers Seats on Corporate Boards and Reverse Trump Tax Cuts

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Communications Workers of America

CWA Thanks U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz for Introducing Treating Workers With Dignity Act

National Nurses United

House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence for Health Care and Social Services Workers

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

AFSCME Applauds Passage of Workplace Violence Prevention Bill

National Nurses United

Hundreds of Nurses Gather for Bernie Sanders Endorsement

Senator Bernie Sanders

Sanders, Lee, and Tlaib Partner to Combat Outrageous CEO Pay

National Nurses United

National Nurses United to Endorse Bernie Sanders

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Sonali Kolhatkar

Amazon Abuses Workers and the Climate—Because It Can

Michael Felsen

Deporting Workers Makes America Less Safe

Leland Nally

Obama Is Wrong to Push Democratic Party Centrism

Jim Page

WTO Shutdown: "Shut It Down. Didn't We. Don’t Let Them Tell You That It Can’t Be Done."

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Twenty Years After Seattle, Is There a New Race to the Bottom?

Sarah Jaffe

Nonprofit Workers Join the Movement to Unionize

Joshua Cho

Record Inequality and Corporate Profits Are What Media Call a 'Strong Economy'

Tom Conway

How Big Corporations Spy on Their Workers to Keep Their Wages Down

Julie Hollar

Throwing the Base Under the Bus—and Other Deep Thoughts From NYT

Sydney Ghazarian

The Climate Strikers Walked Out of School. Next, Let’s Walk Off the Job.