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Want To Carry On Martin Luther King Jr.’s Work? Join A Union

Fifty years ago this week, Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis, Tennessee, to march with the city’s striking black sanitation workers. Wages were bad, and conditions were so unsafe that workers were seriously injured or even killed while using the trash compactors of their trucks.

11, Apr, 2018

Downeast Workers Fight Back

At 4am on Friday, February 9th, Governor LePage sent in heavily armed troopers to shut down Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF). The Department of Corrections moved all inmates to other facilities and laid off the staff on the spot with no notice.

04, Apr, 2018

The Gay Union Organizer Who Helped MLK Change the World

As America prepares to observe the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination today, there is one name you may not hear: Bayard Rustin.

04, Apr, 2018

Democrats Better Remember: Unions Carried Pennsylvania’s 18th District

Rep.-elect Conor Lamb made national waves with his improbable win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District. He faced down $10 million in outside money funneled to his opponent by corporate and right-wing interests.

03, Apr, 2018

The Janus-Faced War on Unions

In their quest for even bigger profit margins, the rich and powerful have always tried to divide and suppress working people.

27, Mar, 2018

The One Thing Democrats Should Learn From Conor Lamb

Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are running scared.

27, Mar, 2018