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“All-In” – Professors on the Picket Line at Eastern Illinois

Like faculty and staff at other institutions, those at Eastern Illinois University face an administration that continues to operate as if austerity is the only way. Yet upon closer examination, the University finances reveal a different story.

Camden Burd2023-04-15T08:47:16-04:00April 10, 2023|
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In Pittsburgh, Local Journalism Is Worth the Fight

Having two major news sources in the city owned by notoriously anti-worker management can’t be good. For local journalism to be good, local journalism jobs need to be good.

Noelle Mateer2023-01-29T10:17:21-05:00January 25, 2023|
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On the Post-Gazette Picket Line

Of course, the irony here is that 30 years ago, the Post-Gazette found itself in the midst of a similar strike. And it’s the only reason the Post-Gazette is still around today.

Vince Guerrieri2022-11-16T09:18:49-05:00November 15, 2022|
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  • Webb - WV Teacher's Strike

The Most Dangerous People in the Country

In 2018, a West Virginia teacher’s secret Facebook group sparked a "union renaissance” in the tradition of Mother Jones.

Jeffrey Webb2021-05-07T10:54:04-04:00April 30, 2021|
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Labor Lessons from the Flint Sit-Down Strike

The strike, which helped guide the UAW to prominence in the twentieth century, provides a blueprint for better working conditions and a revival of the middle class.

Edward McClelland2021-02-05T10:51:46-05:00February 2, 2021|
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  • Wilson - Covid Organizing

Organizing Labor in a Pandemic

COVID-19 put a spotlight on worker vulnerability, but creates challenges for traditional in-person organizing tactics.

Hannah Lebovits2020-08-27T13:55:23-04:00May 15, 2020|
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  • Pruitt-Igoe

Inside the St. Louis Rent Strike of 1969

“It touched everybody all over the country who lived in public housing.” [From "The St. Louis Anthology"]

Caitlin Lee and Clark Randall2019-06-21T15:48:10-04:00June 4, 2019|
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  • 55 Strong - Full

Beyond “Trump Country”

An excerpt from 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike.

Emily Comer2019-01-03T13:18:00-05:00December 13, 2018|
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This Is Why I’m Ready to Walk: Letter from a University of Michigan-Flint Lecturer

By Scott Atkinson Photograph by Erin Emory This is why I teach. I’m perhaps halfway through my digital stack of [...]

Anne Trubek2018-04-26T07:24:06-04:00April 9, 2018|
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