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    What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm Workers

    March 25, 2022 // By organizing with the Warehouse Workers for Justice, many were able to get their jobs back and have their demands met. “What’s really interesting is that there’s a huge movement right now for worker centers and unions to work together ... to essentially surround the industry,” Oliva said. “So if an employer busts the union, the worker center emerges. If the worker center is unable to organize the workers, the union organizes them.”

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    News Article ● Strike

    Smith’s strike averted with assist from Mother Nature

    February 13, 2022 // Frazier said he believes a 10-day strike in January by Denver-area workers at King Soopers, another Kroger subsidiary, played a major role in the negotiations.

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    News Article ● Strike

    3,500 Hennepin County workers announce plan to strike beginning Feb. 2

    January 19, 2022 // The strike would disrupt social services for the county’s 1.3 million residents if a deal isn’t reached by Feb. 2, with nurses, child protection workers, psychologists and workers in dozens of other roles walking off the job. County officials say they’re working on contingency plans to mitigate any disruption.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Unions

    Workers across the US are rising up. Can they turn their anger into a movement?

    January 3, 2022 // So far, increasingly militant workers are lacking something vital: a leader who can unite them all. Will that change?

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