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Fighting for Food: UK Farmers After the Common Agricultural Policy
Since formally leaving the European Union (EU) in 2020, British farmers have been faced with a myriad of challenges. Issues with...
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Apr 16, 20235 min read


This Could Be Labor’s Battle of Saratoga… Or Its Waterloo
Cesar Chavez, a United Farm Workers (UFW) leader, began his hunger strike on February 15, 1968, and went on to go for a total of 25 days...
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Nov 17, 20214 min read


Money Well-Spent: Boost Pay for Adjuncts, Forget Glitzy Stadiums
American universities have become notorious for their price tags. In the last 20 years, private university costs have increased by 157...
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Jan 11, 20186 min read


In It Together: How Worker-Owned Cooperatives Are Revolutionizing Businesses
The days of a union-dominated working class are over: Union members now make up less than 11 percent of the US workforce, down from 35...
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Apr 18, 20173 min read


Hailing in the Unions
While Uber and Lyft let drivers take the wheel in making their own schedules, we ought not ignore the impact these “sharing economy” apps...
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Apr 16, 20171 min read


All Work and No Pay: How employers exploit Rhode Island’s low-wage workers
Images of protestors standing at a picket line demanding the protection of workers’ rights characterized the American labor movement....
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Mar 16, 20166 min read


Grounded Giant: Reforms at Air France Stall Despite Soaring Debt Problems
The Air France dispute itself centers on the company’s efforts to cut costs and reduce its crippling debt. In the first half of 2015...
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Dec 12, 20159 min read


Smoke and Mirrors
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker have a lot in common. Both are in positions of power and have a...
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Mar 27, 20157 min read


Organized Labor’s Fight for Survival
On January 26, the Supreme Court received a petition to hear Friedrichs vs. California Teacher’s Association. Although the case is yet to...
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Feb 14, 20156 min read


Joey Quits; Others Demand Respect from Management
Joey DeFrancesco became a short-lived Internet celebrity in 2011 after the then-24 year old posted a video of himself quitting his job at...
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Sep 22, 20134 min read


Political Propositions
Marked ballot. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Although the country as a whole has been devastated by the current economic...
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Oct 12, 20123 min read
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